AHMEDABAD, INDIA, October 15, 2008: Pounds sterling, dollars, euros, dirhams — Gujarat’s revered Ambaji temple is flush with cash offerings in foreign currency after every Navratri.
For the shrine in Banaskantha district, about 110 miles from here, which is visited by millions, true prosperity is measured not in gold but cash offerings, especially in foreign currency, made by Gujaratis living abroad. “It is our way of determining how many non-resident Indians pilgrimaged here, counting the dollars, pounds, dirhams, rand and euros donated by them,” Jadeja told IANS.