Priests go techno-savvy

The advancements in technology have not left even the religious places unaffected. A priest in Sector 11 temple has been making use of technology for matchmaking, naming newborns and various other purposes.

Gone are the days when calculations were made manually. Information about the impending events and their implication are available at the click of a mouse. The authors of this revolution, priests Mahadev Parsad Shukla and Sidhnath Tawari, are using laptops to make predictions. They have been doing everything on laptop with the help of almanac, like fixing marriage dates, naming newborn babies and so on, for the last nine months. Devotees are happy as well, as they are getting accurate and fair results.

Shukla, on a visit to London around a year ago, chanced upon this technology. He said, "I visited London twice. There I saw technology being made use of in places of worship. My devotee Avtar Singh gifted me a laptop. That is how it all started. The results have been more than encouraging."

Devotees from the Tricity visit the temple to seek advice of this techno-savvy priest.

He said that a large number of devotees seek consultation over the the phone.

"We use a Praser light software. Ours is the only temple where the technology is being used," he said.

Prasad is hopeful that the trend would catch up and more priests would adopt this technology. He said with changing times, it is important to update oneself regularly.