Aug 31, 2001 10:39 AM
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The ever-expanding dot-com Mirage has added a new name to its roster. Pujaprasad.com is one the companies based in New Delhi in India, which has entrapped all the Hindu deities and offers on-line prayers and Puja to its members. Welcome to the era of e-commerce specialization.
I recall couple of decades before Shari Ludhianvi had written a film song depicting the power of money. One couplet was “Sardar Khariday Jaatey hain Dildar Khariday Jaatey hain, Mitti ke sahi par iss sey Avtar kharidey jaatey hain.” (Money can buy Lords and Lovers – in fact money can buy Gods as well though they may be incarnated in clay). His words have become reality today.
Pujaprasad.com offers you virtual Puja for a number of deities of your choice It boasts to organize Puja at an ancient and historical temple of India, every month, on an auspicious day, for the welfare, peace and prosperity of your family. In Hinduism, exist, countless gods and goddesses related to each other in some way or the other, reconfirming the oneness of the origin. Born of the unborn, and born since the time unheard of are some of the special characteristics attributed to them. Pujaprasad.com offers extensive religious information and services.
The site provides detailed information on the Temples- their history and significance. Further, puja can be performed and blessings obtained at the specific temple selected by the devotee on a particular date. Prasad will then be sent to the devotee and the receipt emailed. Choose a deity of your choice and create a puja room and offer flowers, light lamps and perform Arti. Currently there are 20 deities and many more deities are in the process of being added. You can also create a Puja room with any of the deities of your choice by going to the temple link and offering virtual Puja.
I tell you guys this is worth experiencing. The graphics are so beautiful and the bhajans (devotional songs) in the Puja rooms are really enthralling. This service is free and for people like me (believe me there are millions around the world) who pretend to be very busy to go to the temples, is a blessing as now I can perform puja staring at the monitor. You can order puja at the temple of your choice on a particular date or for special occasions such as weddings, birth of child, birthdays, Anniversary or Baisakhi, Durga Puja, New Year, Raakhi, Janmashthmi, Lohri, Pongal, Diwali. Puja will then be performed and prasad will be sent to you anywhere in the world. Presently the site seems to be linked to most of the temples in Delhi. You have to pay for this service- needless to say for NRIs is in US dollars. But it is free to students and housewives. CDs and audiocassettes of Bhajans (devotional songs) books, silver coins and statues and pictures of deities are also sold on line. The site also offers free advice on Vaastu Shastra and free Natal chart in accordance to Hindu astrology. .
