Live Darshan of KVT & Shirdi Sai Baba Temple on

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Rajeev Dikshit, TNN 8 October 2009

VARANASI: Can't come to Kashi for a darshan of Lord Vishwanath at Kashi

Vishwanath temple (KVT)? Don't worry. In a week or two, live darshan of the
Lord Vishwanath will be possible on your mobile phone, whatever network
user you may be.
Till date, Siddivinayak is the first one to provide darshan on mobile, though
similar darshan of Sai Baba of Shirdi, among others, may also soon
be a possibility.
To facilitate the devotees of Lord Vishwanath, the Kashi Vishwanath temple
administration had already launched its website a few years back, while live
darshan through direct to home (DTH) was also available, courtesy a private
company. Now, one more private company has made a tie-up with KVT to
provide the facility of live darshan on mobiles. Executive officer of KVT AK
Pandey informed that the tie-up with the company had been finalised and
necessary equipment installed.
The technical head of the company, Darshit Jobaliya, told TOI on Thursday:
"The testing of this facility has been started and live darshan will be possible
in a week or two." He said his company was handling projects of making the
facility of live darshan of religious sites of the country. For the first time such
a facility was introduced at Siddhivinayak temple of Mumbai.
"The live darshan of Kashi Vishwanath and Sai Baba temple at Shirdi
could be started simultaneously in the next few days," he added.

"This facility can be availed of by the user of any cellular mobile service
provider company on a monthly payment of Rs 30-Rs 50," he said. The
sanctum sanctorum of KVT would be accessible in hours when it was
opened. To enjoy this facility, one must keep a mobile with multimedia
facility.

The temple administration has not only made a tie-up with this company for
the live darshan of Kashi Vishwanath on mobile, but also given it the
opportunity to sponsor the website of the temple. Pandey said at the time of
launching of the temple's website, the State Bank of India had agreed to pay
the charges of web-hosting. The bank paid the charges in financial year
2007-2008. But, later, it asked the temple administration to bear the cost of
web-hosting itself. Pandey said as the temple administration was not ready
to increase burden on the temple's exchequer, it had decided to search for a
sponsor. Pandey said addition of many new features on the web page of the
temple's site was also proposed in the coming days.