We have all heard about gods that grant riches, health, and luck. But have you heard about gods that grant a visa? Well, there are several ‘visa temples’ across India that help solve visa issues for people. Now, with the rising uncertainty over the H-1B visa programme for the US, more and more people are visiting these temples across the country. If you are curious or have visa issues of your own, then scroll on to know all about these visa temples in India.
Famous Visa Temples In India
1. Chilkur Balaji Temple, Hyderabad
Located on the banks of Osman Sagar, this temple is also popularly called ‘Visa Balaji Temple’. After a group of software engineers visited the shrine in the 1980s and got their visa approved, it became popular among people seeking visa.
2. Chamatkari Visa Wale Hanuman Mandir, Delhi
Located on IGNOU Road in Delhi’s Neb Sarai, this temple sees many devotees seeking blessings to get their visas approved. They use red ink to write their wishes, mostly about visa approvals, on a piece of paper, and present it before Lord Hanuman.
3. Sri Lakshmi Visa Ganapathy Temple, Chennai
Lord Ganesha is also known as the God of Travel in Hindu mythology and keeping this in mind, thousands of devotees visit Chennai’s Sri Lakshmi Visa Ganapathy Temple to seek his blessings.
4. Shaheed Baba Nihal Singh Gurudwara, Punjab
Also known as Hawaijahaj (Aeroplane) Gurdwara or Visa Vaala Gurdwara, Shaheed Baba Nihal Singh Gurudwara also appeared in Shah Rukh Khan’s movie Dunki. People visit and appease the lord by offering toy aeroplanes to get their visa process expedited.
5. Pracheen Hanuman Mandir, Delhi
Yes, there is another visa temple in Delhi! This famous Hanuman Temple in the Connaught Place area sees a large number of people every day seeking blessings to get their visa approved sooner!
6. Chamatkarik Shree Hanumanji Mandir, Gujarat
There is another Hanuman visa temple in India and this one is located in Ahmedabad. It is said if you present your visa and recite Hanuman Chalisa before the lord here, then you can get your visa approved without any hassles!
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