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Siliguri, Sept. 18: Cauliflower clouds floating across the sunny autumn sky and an ocean of kaash swaying in the wind. The setting is puja perfect.

Welcome to tradition in the cyber age.

E-anjali is the rage this puja and all the sights and sounds will be available at www.DestinationNE.com on the morning of maha-ashtami. All you have to do is click on the phool and belpata and drag the mouse to put the offerings at the goddesses’ feet. With speakers attached, you can even hear the recitation of the mahaanjali mantra.

Not only that, thanks to NE Puja Online: Durga Puja 2003, a project of the Siliguri-based Techno Developers Group, you can go pandal-hopping at the click of a mouse, enjoy fireworks and even send greetings to your relatives, in English and Bengali.

Scoring more than 500 hits a day, the site — which includes puja timings, puja maps of all north Bengal districts and Northeast states, special puja recipes and shopping stops — has organisers lining up to be featured on the Net.

“Apart from the Northeast, organisers from as far as Madhya Pradesh and Delhi have also applied online to be featured on our site,” said managing director of Techno Developers Group Tanmoy Goswami.

“Talks are on with Siliguri traffic police to use our website as their official site during the puja, like last year. Any traffic regulation implemented for the festival will be updated through our site. There will also be a helpline to guide pandal-hoppers, especially tourists,” Goswami added.

The site will also contain a list of banks, the location of ATM counters, a news section that will be regularly updated and facets of Hindu mythology.

“Our site is a hit with NRIs. Buoyed by the success, almost 300 organisers from the region have approached us,” Goswami said.

For a sneak-peek before the festivity, visit the site on September 25 to catch the animated version of mahishashurmardini .