Advices on web-surfing who aspire for a resurgent India.
Cajetan Fernandes
Welcome to the World of cyber
spirituality with religion on your fingertips. Visit Vaishnodevi, Saibaba of Shirdi,
Tirumala & Tirupati or even Sabarimala in the South.
http://www.saibabaofshirdi.net
Whatever religion you might believe in, whatever new-age faith you belong to, it's all
there. Connected to the modem, your computer gives you everything. These are sites that
are flooding the Indian portals. Bhakti on the Net won't shock anyone who understands that
"religion has always based itself highly on communication and shares with the
Internet the quality of being intensely mediated". Part of the reason is the
profusion of Indians in the world of software. With their talent at compartmentalisation,
professionals such as Ankur Bhatia abound. Bhatia, the Managing Director of Amadeus India,
is a Shirdi Sai Baba devotee. For him, setting up a website on his guruji was something
extremely personal.
http://www.vaishnodevi.com
A "non-profitable, non-commercial" website dedicated to 'Matarani'. Hosted and
maintained by her devotees in Hong Kong, it has been innovatively designed with a number
of links to other related sites with the lyrics of bhajans and aartis dedicated to
'Matarani' and a virtual tour of the Vaishno Devi holy cave. Its popularity is is obvious
since it has registered a total of 52,303 hits since the day it went on-line.
http://wwwjaimatadi.org
Which has mythology and legends, contributions and, of course, a virtual visit.
"nouveau riche urban section of society and have just carried their aesthetics to
another medium. These people earlier decorated their homes with pictures of Gods, when
they bought cars, they put the pictures on them, and now with computers, they put them on
the Web."
http://www.datepanchanga.com
Written in the Marathi script, it gives you a detailed panchanga, right there online. The
only thing that you need to do is download the required fonts to view the script which has
already logged a total of 877 hits.
http://www.san.beck.org/EC7-Vedas.html
Gives the surfer a detailed analysis of the Vedas with extracts from the Rig Veda.
http://www.balaji.org
Visit the S. V. S. Balaji Temple which has so far registered 55,705 hits. Its objective:
"Many Americans who have not seen a Hindu temple need to understand the unfamiliar
forms and customs they see at the temple".
http://www.sabarimala.org
This will tell the surfer about the legends of Sabarimala, a vitural tour and downloadable
songs dedicated to the deity. It also offers information on donations.
http://www.tirumala.org
A site designed by Tata Consultancy Services has logged in 1,90,367 hits, the highest so
far.
http://www.vinayaka.com
The official home page of the Ganesha temple in Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi.
http://www.somnath.org
The Sree Somnath Trust in Gujarat launched its website with the help of Babul Technologies
Private Ltd., and has the option of accommodation booking.
If you'd like to laugh out your
sorrows on prefer to have a tummy-ache free of cost. Here are some sites which would give
you - what you are looking for ....
http://www.laugh-your-ass-off.com
http://www.laughter.com
http://www.jokes.com
http://www.humor.com
http://www.comedy.com |
