{"id":8373,"date":"2018-11-22T05:36:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T05:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/?page_id=8373"},"modified":"2018-11-29T07:01:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T07:01:19","slug":"e-puja-a-digital-hotline-to-god","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/e-puja-a-digital-hotline-to-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick A  Pilgrimage, Add on a Vacation&#8230; And Leave the Rest to Us!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Haridwar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8374 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Haridwar-1024x253.jpg\" alt=\"Haridwar\" width=\"1000\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Haridwar-1024x253.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Haridwar-300x74.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Haridwar-600x148.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Haridwar.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">India&#8217;s spiritual and religious market is estimated to be over $ 30 bn or INR 1.8 lac crore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A large audience of 1.2 bn, and 330 mn gods &amp; goddesses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">India has a strong spiritual market given past traditions &amp; beliefs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Top 20 temples such as Tirupati, Vaisno Devi, generate INR 5000 cr annually<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While other 500 mid sized temples collect INR 20000 cr in donations per year<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If the above statistics are to be believed, there is a huge potential for spiritual tourism in India, and <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thomas Cook India has tied up with\u00a0 E-Puja<strong>,\u00a0 <\/strong>an unusual concept where &#8216;Darshan&#8217; packages provide a unique opportunity to visit temples. Thomas Cook arranges for guided temple visits and performing rituals such as Abhishekam\/Homam in addition to the customary travel and accommodation provisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/haridwar-ganga-aarti_20171219221321.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8480 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/haridwar-ganga-aarti_20171219221321.jpg\" alt=\"haridwar-ganga-aarti_20171219221321\" width=\"552\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/haridwar-ganga-aarti_20171219221321.jpg 635w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/haridwar-ganga-aarti_20171219221321-300x217.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/haridwar-ganga-aarti_20171219221321-414x300.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a>At present TCIL is offering more than 40 packages covering over 45 Temples in the North-East-West-South-Central parts of India. Gradually the number will increase. The packages include stay (hotel choices available), airport\/railway station transfers, local sightseeing, temple visits and rituals such as Abhishekam \/ Homam at select temples (some are options also). They do not include airfare, but our sales team can help\u00a0 with booking tickets on suitable flights at an additional cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These are customized (FIT) packages for the individual family. There wont be any other co-passengers from TC sharing your vehicle. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A local person associated with a temple will make all the arrangements for the rituals and pujas.\u00a0 Once\u00a0 customers express\u00a0 which puja they wish to perform,\u00a0 the team takes over, and connects with the particular temple authorities who then assist and facilitate the Puja\/ Homa,\u00a0 after talking to the guest who has booked under this Tag.\u00a0 All required items to perform the rituals (such as Abhishekam\/Homam etc) would be carried by the pujari (priest). However, you are free to bring any items \/ prasadam \/ offerings (permissible according to the temple authorities) as per your wish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/puja-1200-620x400.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8481 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/puja-1200-620x400-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"-puja-1200-620x400\" width=\"394\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/puja-1200-620x400-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/puja-1200-620x400-465x300.jpg 465w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/puja-1200-620x400.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The advantage for our customers would be&#8211; for the temples where you are scheduled to perform rituals as per our package-inclusions, you may have a separate queue or entry as per the prevailing practices at each of the temples. However, for temples where only assistance or a guided temple-visit is being arranged, you may need to follow the regular queue. For temples where there are arrangements of booking tickets, and faster Darshans, we shall book the same for you as part of the package inclusions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Some of the packages are a combination of spiritual and leisure destinations, ideal for a family holiday. Thomas Cook will assure you have a happy and \u2018heavenly\u2019 time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check out the details and prices on our website: https:\/\/www.thomascook.in\/holidays\/spiritual-tour-packages<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n<a style=\"color: rgb(68,79,247);\" href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/\">Home<\/a>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s spiritual and religious market is estimated to be over $ 30 bn or INR 1.8 lac crore. A large audience of 1.2 bn, and 330 mn gods &amp; goddesses India has a strong spiritual market given past traditions &amp; beliefs Top 20 temples such as Tirupati, Vaisno Devi, generate INR 5000 cr annually While&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/e-puja-a-digital-hotline-to-god\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8373"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8373"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8689,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8373\/revisions\/8689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}