I am back in India now and find that even in India, people face similar challenges. It was my own experience with this situation that gave rise to the idea of starting the e-Vadhyar service. After my father passed away in 2009, I found it especially difficult to perform the monthly Tarpan since the Purohit was 10 miles away and driving to and back from the temple on a working day was next to impossible. Rituals need to be performed at the right time and in the right way and this is always a challenge when you live away from India. Having lived in the USA for the last 16 years, I realized the difficulties of practicing the brahminical rituals in a foreign land. My name is Madhavan Parthasarathy - Vadagalai Iyengar by birth, Chemical Engineer by Profession, American by citizenship and Indian at heart.
