Balaji Balaji god, also known as Venkateswara, Srinivasa, etc., is the embodiment of protector (Vishnu) of Vishnu.The main symbolism is god away human SINS.

The Wall Street journal: sorry to pass visa god for help

Balaji god (Lord Balaji) isThe HinduPatron saint of Vishnu in Hyderabad (Hyderabad) one of the most revered incarnation, the faithful flock to consecrate balaji temples pray for happiness, success, and children of god.

Recently, hyderabad balaji god remotetempleChilkur Balaji suddenly become Midas touch, thanks to where he obtained a new nickname: visa god.Weekly to attract pilgrims to the temple more than 100000, many people come here to pray for balaji god bless them obtained a visa to travel to the United States and other western countries.

Mohanty Dolagobinda's visa one child of god.Three years ago, an American consultancy for Dolagobinda apply for a visa, but was refused.When the second year of the company for him to apply for again, my friend told him in to the us consulate before the interview, want to go to Chilkur Balaji temple.A few weeks later, he successfully passed the interview.Dolagobinda said, "I haven't heard of anyone who is too Chilkur Balaji temple after get the visa.

And in the late 1990 s, the city is located in the southern Indian state of andhra pradesh hyderabad, on the outskirts of a small temple every week can only see two or three pilgrims.

Chilkur Balaji temple, a 63 - year - old priest gopa, Krishna that (cs Gopala Krishna) hopes to attract more faithful.So he gave the balaji god a new status ─ ─ the visa god.Today, Krishna, the temple is a busy place to be.In the soil along the road to the temple to erect the English school and visa company billboards.Beside the parking lot, vendors peddled the souvenir and fruit.

Visa reflects the growing popularity of god moved to western intellectuals in India on the road encountered increasing resistance.In recent years, get the employer to apply for "H - 1 b visa has become increasingly difficult.H - 1 b refers to the so-called like engineers skilled professionals working in the United States for a visa.The United States will H - 1 b visa granting quota restrictions in 65000 people a year, and the demand is increasing.

In the fiscal year ending in September 2004, the U.S. government received 11 months of 65000 H - 1 b visa application;The last fiscal year, ran out of places within 2 months.This fiscal year, the U.S. government in one day received more than 65000 visa applications.Now each application are random number, and accepts the former only between 90000 and 110000 applications, until it is full.

With a population of 7 million, hyderabad is famous for pearl trade, now, this has become a rapidly developing science and technology center.Indian citizen in recent years has been hold the largest group of H - 1 b visa, and hyderabad has and American companies such as Microsoft (Microsoft corp.) is established, the company hired a large number of H - 1 b visa holder.Accenture (Accenture Ltd.) and Dell (Dell Inc.), and other companies are also here to build a massive research and development and the service center.This brings up a cultural change.Young middle-class indians take off the traditional Indian clothes, and put on jeans and t-shirts, and in the newly opened shopping malls and cafes to kill time.

On a recent Saturday night, covered with flowers all over the visa god stand outside in the backyard of ordinary temple, and cross legs while sitting Krishna that meet the pilgrims who is eager to get a visa.Around him, the pilgrims bowed their heads and walk briskly, is completing temple 11 laps around the set for the visa god's favor.Temple closed down soon, some pilgrims even began to run.

Krishna said that, "in other temples, are parents with children.Here, are with their parents to children."

Krishna that was born in the temple, then to hyderabad and live with relatives.His father was the high priest.After university in business, he began in 1968 for the consumer products giant company Hindustan Lever.In 1999, Krishna that back to the temple to take care of the father, later he became the high priest.

At that time, the pilgrims were in the temple.Hyderabad was thickly Ravi Babu said. "the temple at least 100 years of history, but few takers."Ravi Babu is an Indian entrepreneur association, The Indus Entrepreneurs hyderabad branch head.At that time, the changes are happening in hyderabad.Local officials to hyderabad shape will be the next bangalore, where is neighbouring karnataka high tech center.They began to hyderabad is referred to as "network war" (Cyberabad), and for repairing roads, attracted by Microsoft and ge (General Electric Co.) to set up offices here.

Intention from the trend of a share of the colleges and universities of science and technology in temples nearby suburbs have sprung up.So, from time to time with the students on the way home from the school to visit temples, many people complain that they have not been able to get the us visa.The high priest produced by giving new balaji god status ─ ─ "visa god" to the students promote the idea of the gods.Krishna that makes recommendations to the students in English, and then tell they walk around the temple 11 times to achieve their wishes.Krishna that recalls, "I used to say, 'go, you will succeed this time.'"

Soon, Krishna found that there are dozens of people every day, then is hundreds of thousands of people flock.In 2005, some local newspaper reports the visa god, when the new visa restrictions are stirring apart.Krishna and his relatives that also launched a website and a known as the "Voice of the temple" (Voice of Temples) communications, published on the prayer for help in the visa interview.

The temple suddenly become hot.Last year, Krishna and hope that the family open conflict happened to take over the temples of the local government, this raises the temple is attractive to young people and the mavericks.Now, visa the devotees of god says, they must arrive at the temple before 6 o 'clock in the morning to avoid the rush hour of day.

28, Rajendra Vippagunta Seattle in the United States currently working for amazon (Amazon.com Inc.).He has been to the temple in 2001, when there is almost no pilgrims.He recently went to the time, he said, "there are really packed."Vippagunta to the temple for the first time don't know what the visa god, but the visa god may still play a role: in the second year he got a visa to the United States.

Ravi Babu will visa appeal of god comes down to the following reasons: "even if you are not religious, you will say, 'why not?Can I go there once, just take a few minutes can get a visa.'"