He flew into Sri Lanka when it had no airport or immigration authority, and moved a whole mountain to complete a fig of a task. And so… it is not unnatural that those seeking visas take his blessings… after all…
So for Lord Hanuman it is no challenge to organize visas for his devotees, which for frequent-flying mortals is a forbidding procedure complicated by the monkey business of agents and mystifying forms.
This is how an article in DNA introduced me to the KHADIA TEMPLE in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and the newspaper also informs that it has had a 100% success record (!!!). The article further enlightens…
The devout who throng the shrine swear that their deity guarantees 100% visa approval for any foreign country.
And they are especially grateful because no processing or consultancy fee is charged. ‘Visa Hanuman’ attends to the needs of dozens of visa aspirants every day.
But his counseling sessions are packed on Saturdays, with nearly 750 people filing their appeals for his consideration.
However, the most “interesting” (!) temple turns out to be where all the High Commissions and the Embassies are located. Right in Delhi.
This temple too is of the Visa God – Hanuman and well, you just need to “check out” the “counselor” at the Temple to decide (I am talking of the “unusual” priestess) and also hear her out in the video on this link…
A friend of mine who is an Immigration expert was asked whether he can guarantee the visa and in his humorous response he simply shared the photo below with the student.
When I was shared the picture, I decided to do some research on the temple and then came across the video. You do need to see it before your read on…
If West(Gujarat) and North India(Delhi) can boast of their own temples, how can Hyderabad be left out. They actually can take the honors in this blog of having the temple that has been most popular of the all three. Times of India informed…
When President Bush went to Hyderabad to inaugurate a new US consulate I wonder if someone told him the story of Andhra Pradesh’s American visa temple.
In the past few years a Balaji temple in Chilkur village outside Hyderabad has become the pilgrimage destination for US visa-seekers. It has acquired a reputation among the dollar-driven, that the deity here is particularly powerful in granting an American visa.
Typically, an aspiring American visa-seeker visits the temple a few days before his visa interview at the US consulate. During the visit, the devotee goes through the usual rituals of prayer, including three circumambulations of the inner shrine, and makes a vow.
Then, they go off with their documents and dreams to convince the US consulate officer that they are worthy of receiving the visa. If they get their visa, they return to the temple, and fulfil their vow, which is to walk 108 times around the temple.
Before I end the blog, I have just been alerted that there is a fourth visa temple in Chennai… A blogger writes on her blog about the Chennai Visa temple on her blog…
The temple town of Thirumazhisai is about 25 km from Chennai. It is situated on the Tiruvallur High Road and just one Km away from Chennai Bangalore trunk road. There is an Perumal temple. Those who want visa to go abroad can visit and pray for their wishes.
I know that some of my colleagues in my trade must be considering targeted marketing around these temples… Happy thought indeed!!! One more nagging question: If these are the temples, that priestess is the counsellor then, are the entry-clearance-officers(Visa Officers) the new demigods!!!
demigod |ˈdemēˌgäd|noun ( fem. demigoddess |ˈdemēˌgädis| )
a being with partial or lesser divine status, such as a minor deity, the offspring of a god and a mortal, or a mortal raised to divine rank.• a person who is greatly admired or feared.ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: translating Latin semideus .
With the above definition from the dictionary, some will indeed believe so…
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