Texting to a higher plane
at 11:19am
on Tuesday, 9th September 2003
[from John Thackara's excellent Doors of Perception newsletter]
"Connecting on a spiritual level with one's deity or deities of choice can be difficult and time-consuming. That is, unless you're a subscriber to BPL Mobile, in which case you can send an SMS puja (prayer) to your provider and have prayers recited for you at a popular Bombay temple during the annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival". Ashlee Vance of The Standard reports "that for just 51 rupees ($1.10) subscribers can avoid the hassle and aggravation of temple queues and text Ganesh instead. More than 5,000 devotees of Ganesh have tapped into the service".
[from John Thackara's excellent Doors of Perception newsletter]
"Connecting on a spiritual level with one's deity or deities of choice can be difficult and time-consuming. That is, unless you're a subscriber to BPL Mobile, in which case you can send an SMS puja (prayer) to your provider and have prayers recited for you at a popular Bombay temple during the annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival". Ashlee Vance of The Standard reports "that for just 51 rupees ($1.10) subscribers can avoid the hassle and aggravation of temple queues and text Ganesh instead. More than 5,000 devotees of Ganesh have tapped into the service".
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