Reach out to God via SMS!

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Reach out to God via SMS!

The mobile phone industry is now going after the devout. And the latest

development is that users can SMS their prayers to God Almighty. In what can be

termed as one of its kind, the Bible, which has been translated into more

languages than any other publication, is now available in the world's most

modern form of communication, SMS.

Though selected verses of the Bible have been offered by text messaging before,

this time the Bible Society in Australia has translated all 31,173 verses of

the Bible into text. Users can access these verses over the Internet free of

cost and send individual verses to family or friends as SMS or text messages

through their mobile phones.

This trend is catching up fast in India also. Recently, Shree Siddhivinayak

temple in Mumbai has tied up with a mobile content provider for a service where

people can send their prayers via SMS. The SMS prayers will be compiled and kept

in a 'wish box' inside the temple. Within a week of the start of the service,

more than 10,000 SMS prayers had flooded the inbox of Lord Ganesha at the

temple. This is perhaps the first time in the country that technology has been

used to make worshipping convenient. This sort of SMS prayer is convenient for

those who cannot make it to the temple.

Already, several temples and holy bodies have their official websites through

which devotees can book a puja online, buy devotional items at e-shops and view

live webcasts of the temples.

The extraordinary growth of pre-paid services, the development of WAP-based SMS

messaging, interconnection between operators and the vast range and diversity

of services now available to customers have fuelled the explosive growth of SMS

across all markets. It is estimated that the Asia-Pacific region alone accounts

for nearly three billion SMS messages a month.

Technology has become an important part of everyone's life and the latest

service such as the one introduced by Shree Siddhivinayak temple is aimed at

making praying convenient for people who might not be able to visit places of

worship. There is no dearth of the devout the world over… after all, though not

everyone can visit places of worship, faith always remains. And making a wish is

now just an SMS away.

Regards

Prasanna kumar

9848461049

 

The mobile phone industry is now going after the devout. And the latest

development is that users can SMS their prayers to God Almighty. In what can be

termed as one of its kind, the Bible, which has been translated into more

languages than any other publication, is now available in the world's most

modern form of communication, SMS.

Though selected verses of the Bible have been offered by text messaging before,

this time the Bible Society in Australia has translated all 31,173 verses of

the Bible into text. Users can access these verses over the Internet free of

cost and send individual verses to family or friends as SMS or text messages

through their mobile phones.

This trend is catching up fast in India also. Recently, Shree Siddhivinayak

temple in Mumbai has tied up with a mobile content provider for a service where

people can send their prayers via SMS. The SMS prayers will be compiled and kept

in a 'wish box' inside the temple. Within a week of the start of the service,

more than 10,000 SMS prayers had flooded the inbox of Lord Ganesha at the

temple. This is perhaps the first time in the country that technology has been

used to make worshipping convenient. This sort of SMS prayer is convenient for

those who cannot make it to the temple.

Already, several temples and holy bodies have their official websites through

which devotees can book a puja online, buy devotional items at e-shops and view

live webcasts of the temples.

The extraordinary growth of pre-paid services, the development of WAP-based SMS

messaging, interconnection between operators and the vast range and diversity

of services now available to customers have fuelled the explosive growth of SMS

across all markets. It is estimated that the Asia-Pacific region alone accounts

for nearly three billion SMS messages a month.

Technology has become an important part of everyone's life and the latest

service such as the one introduced by Shree Siddhivinayak temple is aimed at

making praying convenient for people who might not be able to visit places of

worship. There is no dearth of the devout the world over… after all, though not

everyone can visit places of worship, faith always remains. And making a wish is

now just an SMS away.

Regards

Prasanna kumar

9848461049