Airtel brings LIVE aarti from Maa Balmeshwari Temple of Chhattisgarh

(Press Release) Indore : Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of LIVE aarti from Maa Balmeshwari Temple of Chhattisgarh - a unique service that allows Airtel mobile customers across Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to tune into a real-time audio feed of Live Aartis being recited at the temple as per the prayer schedule of the deity.


Mr. Rajnish Kaul, Chief Executive Officer, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Bharti Airtel Ltd said, “At Airtel, it is our constant endeavour to introduce services that are innovative, affordable and relevant for our customers across India. In line with this, we are excited to announce the launch of LIVE aarti from Maa Balmeshwari Temple of Chhattisgarh and are confident that our customers across MPCG will see great value from leveraging this service during the current navratri season”.





From subscribing to this all new service, Airtel mobile customers across Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh will now be able to leverage their mobile phones to experience LIVE aarti from the famous Maa Balmeshwari Temple without traveling long distances and waiting in queues. To enjoy this unique service, Airtel mobile customers can dial 55255 and subscribe to unlimited audio feed of the LIVE aarti at Rs. 6.50 for a period of 5 days at a cost of. In case the customer calls at a time when no prayers are scheduled, he can listen to the re-telecast of earlier prayers from the same pilgrimage or opt to listen to prayers from Shirdi Sai Baba Temple or Shani Shignapur Temple free of cost.



Maa Bamleshwari temple is one of the most popular temples situated in Chhattisgarh. The temple is situated on top of a 1600 feet high hill. Devotees have to ascend 1100 stairs in order to arrive at this holy destination. Airtel already offers live audio feeds from several major shrines of India including Sai Baba, Shirdi, Tirupati Balaji Temple, Siddhi Vinayak, Mumbai and Bangla Saheb, Delhi.



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Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 5 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G & 3G mobile services, fixed line, high speed broadband through DSL, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G & 3G mobile services. Bharti Airtel had over 246 million customers across its operations at the end of February 2012. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com



Puneet Gupta, Head – Public Relations, MPCG
Bharti Airtel Ltd,
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