O..GOD, a message for you, from our client

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You are too busy.. So, you are unable to go to the temple to make your offerings. Don't worry.. Just a message. God can hear you...!!!!

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Isn't it strange?

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But check out the services offered by these Mobile providers in India. Whatever you need to offer personally in a temple, can be proposed thru SMS. The Virtual God is ready to receive your prayers and accept your applications. I agree that the technologies have improved a lot. But does this new service really gives you the satisfaction of going to a temple and pray from your heart? I doubt.


Nowadays, I am observing several people praying mechanically in the temple. If they are small kids, I can accept that they are playful. But not for every soul in the temple. The reason behind this attitude is because of minimal time spent on sharing the religious thoughts. Now, due to the heavy commercialisation & technological enhancements of all the religious activities, the younger generation may further lose their faith on what they are doing. They may consider this as another hi-fi mobile game(!!!).

Just a connection to the above issue. 3 months back, I remember observing a blog post on the cleanliness in the temples. In India, the temple administrations do their best to clean up the places around the temple premises. But still, you can see the Indianness everywhere.. like Coconut fibres, Camphor covers, Dried flowers, Oiled Sanctum walls etc., (I remember seeing Cows inside the sanctum in Varanasi temples, when I was there two decades ago).

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You may hardly see those surroundings in Singapore or London or U.S. temples. In addition, some temples (closed ones) may have Airconditioned halls. The question is whether you will get a religious feeling in such a clean place or not. (the blogger's contention was that the Indianised prayer feeling is missing, overseas).

Most of us, are used to the crowded / darker / oiled sanctums and may still prefer that. Getting a religious feeling in an Airconditioned / well lighted / clean sanctums, may be hard for most of us. But, I believe if the communication (prayer) between us and GOD is clear, the end result (peace in mind) can be arrived. I may not mind the clean environment and may not ask for an environment of (Dark sanctum) Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple or Varanasi Viswanathar temple (crowded with all creatures).

If this cleanliness itself, disturbs our communication with the GOD (according to few perceptions), how do you rate these new technological services? Do you feel like going nearer to the GOD with these services?

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