s the virtual world casts its net wider, various religious sites have sprung up to offer services such as live webcasts of the namaaz at Mecca, Ganpati visarjans at Chowpatty, chats with religious leaders, discussion rooms on the intricacies of the Bhagavad Gita, aarti rooms where you can sing along to Bhajans.

Mahesh Mohanan is the co-founder of Saranam, a site he developed with partner Mervyn Jose, because he found it difficult to juggle his work and family obligations to visit temples. "The difficulty in travelling to so many temples in about three days got me thinking," he says. ... more