India, Nov. 1 -- The official website of Temple, the Rs.85,000 brain-health wearable backed by Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal, briefly crashed on November 1 shortly after pre-orders opened in India. The website faced a surge in traffic as users rushed to book the device.

The booking window for the wearable opened for Indian consumers on November 1 at 9:30 pm. However, several users reported brief access issues as early adopters rushed to secure their orders.

Goyal soon acknowledged the issue in a post on X, writing, "Too much traffic on temple.com - we are trying to get on top of it. Orders are working on the app though."

Responding to an X user who pointed out that app traffic alone would not help if the website continued to experienc...