Praying to the visa gods: why Indians hoping to study or work abroad visit ‘visa temples’

Getting a visa to travel abroad for studies or a plum job is a widely-held dream in most countries. Indians are no different. Many are even willing to go the extra mile – literally – to secure that visa. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Indians undertake pilgrimages to one of the country’s four ‘visa temples’ to seek divine intervention in getting the desired immigration stamp from authorities in the US, UK, Canada or other coveted countries. The underlying hope is that the cosmos will…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3096552/praying-visa-gods-why-indians-hoping-study-or-work