In an effort to bring key places of religious importance closer to devotees, India's first multi-language web portal,
Webdunia.com will use Internet technology. This will allow the Webdunia users to pay obeisance to their favourite gods and goddesses and seek blessings thousands of miles away sitting in their own home.
On Monday October 8, 2007 as part of ongoing Ramzan festival, Webdunia will feature Ajmer's Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti's Dargah on a special video. The most important of all Muslim pilgrimage centres in India, the Sufi Saint's Dargah is revered by people of all faiths who hold the saint in high esteem and reverence.
Apart from the devout Muslims, people of other religions visit the holy Dargah and pray for fulfillment of their desires by offerings glowers, velvet cloth ( Chaddar), perfume (Ittar) and sandalwood. Devotees visit the Dargah from all parts of the country.
It is said that even though all devotees wish to pay respects at the Dargah Sharif in the month of Ramzan, not every one is as lucky to be able to travel to Ajmer, 140 kilometers from Rajasthan's capital Jaipur. Webdunia.com's offering will allow the devotees to pay obeisance through use of technology virtually on a 24x7 basis.
It was in Ajmer that Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti laid the permanent foundation of Islam in India in 1192 AD by his spiritual powers and preaching centred around peace and harmony.
Ajmer Sharif is the centre of faith and attraction for common man and celebrities alike. It may be recalled that in the recent past celebrities like Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif visited the shrine to pay their obeisance and seek blessings.
In keeping with the sentiments of worshippers of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, Webdunia.com will allow its users to watch this exclusive video along with a detailed write-up on the rituals, legends and write up on famous mosque that is known to attract hundreds of thousands of devotees throughout the year. This will be available across all 9 languages that Webdunia offers.
Webdunia has featured important religious places--Temples , Mosques, Gurudwaras, and Churches—in its Dharma Yatra (Religious Journeys) Channel in 9 Indian languages. The viewers get information on the selected religious places in the form of detailed write ups, exclusive photo gallery and videos.
Some of the recent holy places covered on Webdunia include the famous temples of Mahankaal, Sabrimala, Shri Omkareshwar, Shri Nagchandreshwar, Tryambakeshwar, Mangalnath, ISKCON, Sawai Madhopur based Mahavirji. Siddhi Vinayak Temple and Khajrana.
It may be recalled that as a part of its ambitious plan to emerge as the country's largest portal, Webdunia launched portals in 5 additional languages—Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi and Punjabi. This takes the total number of language portals to 9, highest by a single company.
With these 9 portals, Webdunia is now able to reach over four-fifth of India's population. As literacy rate is more than 60%, nearly 500 million Indians can now view the latest news, sports, entertainment and astrology via Webdunia.
Unique Email in 11 Indian languages
Webdunia email service has now build in ease of input in 11 Indian languages, seamless transmission and display on a recipient's computer screen. The email service is available in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu. Interestingly, for sending an e-mail in any of the 11 languages the sender does not need a language key board or language software. Nor does the recipient need any language software.
About WebduniaWebdunia, India's largest multi-lingual portal, offers quality content to the people of different religions, cultures and age groups. Nine Indian language portals of Webdunia offer channels like news from the world of politics, sports and human interest stories, Bollywood, Life-Style, Religion, Science, IT, Career, Astrology, Literature, etc. Live cricket commentary, ticker and Webdunia Poll are some other major highlights of Webdunia language portals.
Email service is available in 11 languages—Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.
Headquartered in Indore, Webdunia Content and Technology development centres operate from Chennai, Indore and Thiruvananthapuram.
Notes to the Editors
1. Webdunia portals are in 9 languages
2. Email service is available in 11 languages-Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati,
Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.
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