Millions of Indians regularly visit temples and religious sites to pray and seek divine help in fulfilling their wishes. Most pray for a child or well being of their loved ones, but in recent years, some unusual temples have come up, including a few that offer divine help in procuring a visa.
The Chilkur Balaji Temple in the southern state of Telangana is a shrine where tens of thousands of people go to pray to the "Visa God".
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The Chilkur Balaji Temple in the southern state of Telangana is a shrine where tens of thousands of people go to pray to the "Visa God".
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Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, the Taj Mahal, Uttarakhand, Kolkata, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Northeast States, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Mumbai, Karnataka, Bengaluru, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Andaman Islands, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Understand and Survival chapters.
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