I was talking abt normal ppl like myself 😆 We paid a hell lot of money for vip Darshan at sai temple In shirdi (although I didn't like it but we were in a group so I had to oblige ) ..in Mumbai I was just visiting for some work so I didn't know Darshan has to be pre booked (in corona times most probably to avoid over crowding ) n it's not a hidden thing..there were banners all over for vip Darshan.. its probably on their website too. I prefer to take the normal route , but since we came to siddhvinyak specially , Darshan toh karna hi tha somehow ..bappa sent these angels to help us out that day .
It's anyways a cakewalk if you have approach of any kind..politicians , actors, rich , security personnel and civil services ppl anyways don't have to go through what a common man does. Since Indian temples r always overcrowded , there is always a shortcut by paying money. In all the temples. I prefer not to visit them during weekends or festival times . We always do it in off season
I told you, we try to use his service to the bare minimum and he gets angry because of that. But in the US such things don't work, everyone has to follow the rules and we are used to it and don't have the heart break when we visit India. So all our Temple visits are planned by me and my kids who love visiting them when they come to India, That's their favorite thing to do.
For big Temples, I book the darshan tickets online even before my journey. Some of the Temples we visit during our trips have made online booking very easy. So we try to avoid crowd as my kids are not used to and when we visit, it will be mostly during weekdays as well.
But I agree, things are different for different set of people.
