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Should You Host an Online Prayer Meeting for the Departed Soul? Pros and Cons

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03 February, 2025

• What is Virtual Prayer Meeting and how does it work?
• Why choose us, Last Journey Funeral Direction Organization for conducting a virtual or Online Prayer Meeting Event?
• How does Last Journey Funeral Direction Organization execute the Online Prayer Meet?
• To know the pros and cons of Online prayer meeting, one has to go through the comparative analysis of Offline and Online prayer meeting.

The final rites of biding the last goodbye to the departed person run deep in each faith. In Hinduism, there are several rituals that ensures the salvation of the departed soul. Prayer Meeting is one of them. Usually, the family members of the deceased person conduct offline prayer meet but some circumstances compel them to host an online one.

As Example -:

The ongoing pandemic of COVID has compelled the whole nation to avoid mass gathering. Due to this, scores of these rituals are not performed on a large extent. The Funeral Prayer Meet Event is one rite that serves a sense of calm amidst the chaos. It allows the family members, friends, colleagues and all known ones of the deceased to come together, pray and pay condolences.

The chanting of devotional prayers, religious Bhajans and Songs by the loved ones allow the grievers to rise above the emotions and understand the true meaning of life. Such soulful events help the beings understand that bodies are transitory but the soul lives forever. It is the key learning from Prayer Meet ritual that enables us to heal.

To provide the mourning families a sense of solace, LAST JOURNEY funeral direction organisation brings the well-organized prayer meeting event facilities to the clients via zoom calls. Online prayer meeting helps the known ones  (family and friends) present in distant villages or within International Borders, to come together during these difficult times.

What is Virtual Prayer Meeting and how does it work?

According to the Hindu Religious Scriptures, the close ones should visit the place of the deceased in person. They offer the final set of heartfelt prayers. But these days people are involved in their daily busy schedules and traveling for so long is not possible for them.

But with the help of fast pacing technological ways the society can dodge the difficulties such as distance, time limitation and others. These technological mediums ease the ways of offering the last set of prayers. Online or Virtual Prayer Meetings are one of such ways. Last journey funeral direction team organizes a setup for an extensive virtual prayer meeting.

Why choose us, Last Journey Funeral Direction Organization for conducting a virtual or Online Prayer Meeting Event?

The Funeral centric services of Last journey funeral Direction Organization are widely recognised in India as well as in foreign. The key intent of establishing Last Journey team is satisfying its service users. It makes us different from the other organization in the same field.

Here are some unique services that compel the clients to opt last journey team for virtual or online prayer meet events.

• The excelled team members of Last Journey team are very proficient in arranging all the required equipment that are necessary for the online prayer meetings.
• We ensure the timely offering of diverse services to the departed one's family for the prayer meet event. It is the priority of Last Journey Team that satisfies the clients the most. We as a team leave no stone unturned in offering services on time because that is our only way to sympathize with the bereaved families.
• The members of last journey team know how to deal with the people who are mourning an unbearable loss as they hold years of experience and professional training.
• Last Journey belives in keeping transparency while executing the services. It helps the mourning family members in satisfying who are dealing with a huge loss in their lives.
• The team provides necessary things and arranges setup at the doorstep of clients. It also helps the grieving people  avoid visiting several places and mourn their loss with other close people in peace.

The online prayer meeting service allows the family and friends to evoke the beautiful memories of the departed one and celebrate the life journey and legacy while being present on the same screen as others. Such virtual or online services can be utilized to observe funerals, burials, and various other events such as celebrations of life, memorials, etc.

How does Last Journey Funeral Direction Organization execute the Online Prayer Meet?

The online prayer meet event is conducted by zoom prayer meeting facility. It is a real-time event that will be covered and demonstrated from a particular location to all the family members, relatives, and friends present in the nook and corner of the entire world. The rituals included in the online prayer meet event bring about a sense of spiritual feeling. It further leads the departed soul to attain enlightenment and salvation. It also helps the family to heal from an unbearable loss of a loved one's life.

Here are some of the key learnings that Last Journey team analyses before initiating the execution of the Online Prayer Meet Event.

• If the attendees present in the online prayer meet are willing to speak, the lead mourner of the deceased's family should ensure that they are aware of the situation and have access to a webcam and microphone. The team will prepare any graphics or indication music ahead of time so that the attendees can simply understand their turn. Last Journey will provide a team head to conduct the overall online prayer meet to avoid the hinderances during the meet.
• The team will arrange a well-learned and experienced pandit/purohit to lead the online meeting. Our staff members will also be available on the same Zoom meeting link to provide the immediate assistance to clients if there is anything creating hinderances. Our staff is not only experienced but also very proficient on how to schedule and interact within Zoom meet.

Here are the key facilities that we offer to the clients for a well-organized Online Prayer Meet Event.

1.Finalizing the venue for the online meet -:

The very first step to initiate the process of online prayer meet is deciding a convenient venue for the prayer meet event. Before finalizing the venue, the team first have a detailed discussion regarding it.

2. Making guest list and deciding dress code for the attendees -:

The team discusses with the family to make a final list of guest who will join the online prayer meeting. Apart from it, the team members help the clients in deciding the dress codes for the attendees.

3. Scheduling the events included in the online prayer meet event -:

The experienced team members of Last Journey Organization, take wholesale responsibility of the logistics. It helps the deceased's family to focus on the event.

4. Sending prayer meet invitations -:

The team will send e-invites on the behalf of the family of the departed person in advance according to the list of friends and relatives designed by the family. It will be the easiest way to attend and join the meeting for the attendees.

To know the pros and cons of Online prayer meeting, one has to go through the comparative analysis of Offline and Online prayer meeting.

1. In the online prayer meet the attendees feel reduced community feeling.
2. There could be several distractions and lack of focus during the online prayer meet.
3. Technical issues may occur in the mid of the online prayer meet event.
4. It leads limited nonverbal communication.
5. Accessibility concerns can occur during the online prayer meet event.
6. There is a room for isolation in the middle of the event.
7. The attendees feel less accountability in the online prayer meet event.

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