Now my hometown temple, the famous grand Madurai Meenakshi Temple complex, is open to the worldwide web. Not just a website - but they are offering Online Poojas, and even sending prasadam’s to anywhere around the Globe.

Having grown up in Madurai, and the Meenakshi Temple was part of my early childhood. My Grandpa’s house have the greatest vantage view of the temple. From our dining room we can view the temple at its full glory at Sunrise and Sunset, thanks to the old city ordinance specifying that no building in Madurai can tower over the temples height. But my grandpas home was built before the 70s and was already 5 stories tall (almost a skyscraper by Madurai’s standards in 1964). So from our terrace we can enjoy the view uninterrupted.

Can’t wait to try out online pooja’s and tasting the prasadams.

Other temples offering Online Access:

• Thirupathi
• Puri Jagannath & Many North Indian Temples

(via Boing Boing)