VISA Balaji
Though I’m not very religious, I like to visit temples. I visited the temple of Chilkur Balaji with my dear cousin Harsh today. It is located approximately 20 km from Mehadipatnam, Hyderabad.
The interesting thing about this temple is that among other things, people come here to pray for Visa. They say that God grants an early Visa to all those who pray here. So much that this temple is now fondly called Visa Balaji’s Temple :)
There was something else that struck both me and Harsh - even though there were thousands of people in the queues, there was no Hundi in the temple! No provision for you to donate money! Also, there was no provision of a VIP darsan, where the so called VIPs can skip the queues and get easy darsan. All were treated as equals in this temple.
I have never seen a temple that did not encourage donations before. I am quite impressed. Way to go, God! :)
Here is a page that gives a detailed description of this temple.
