Vazhi tharum Vinayagar!

If the subject looked like some bhakthi movie title, I would like to clarify that itz actually about the traffic menace at Bangalore…

Whenever you go to a hill station in TamilNadu, you would find that invariably at the bottom of the hillstation, by the side of the road, you would find a Vinayagar temple named “Vazhi vidum Vinayagar” (The vinayaga, who shows the way ahead..). All the road commuters by foot or motor, would throw coins at the temple praying for a safe journey uphill (& maybe something alongwith that also ;) )…

In Bangalore, the hosur road traffic is something which every IT chief worth his salt would have discussed with the then existing chief minister of Karnataka. But then, as it happens in all IT companies, “talks” and “meetings” are something that are used fill up some significant portion of working hours, wherein the individuals involved can move out of it having a satisfaction of something worthwhile to fill in their timesheets for the day.. .Nothing really happens beyond that! So I hereby am putting forth a divine proposal as a solution to this problem. If every corner turns out to be a deadend, what other way is there than to look up. I propose that we can build a “Vazhi tharum Vinayagar” (Vinayaga who gives the way ahead) temple at the electronic city-hosur road junction where in every commuter along the hosur road can throw paisas, rupees and probably dollars (for onsite returns) at the God asking for a peaceful way head. There can also be a swipe-in system for credit card addicts… Now vinayaka probably would ensure lesser traffic, easier clearance at signals and ensure that every one reaches his destination in tolerable time limits…

If you are an atheist, then probably you can atleast contribute to Vinayaka for the reason that the money collected (am sure there would be ‘heavy’ participation from the frustrated geeks ensuring a collection comparable to thirupathi) be used for building better signal systems, faster completion of unfinished fly-overs and in general towards improvement of infrastructure. This is a “Run-away” success idea… Any takers?

On an extension of the idea, there could be a website too for “e-vazhi tharum vinayagar”, for web traffic issues.. If there one already existing, do let me know!