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Great piece!

I'm on a spree of reading articles on payments in India for a design interview assignment.

The idea of incorporating a god/goddess' picture on receiving bohni on a UPI payment is great work around. However, I was wondering how:

- the tactility of offering cash to a mandir in the house/ business could be replaced (I don't think it can be)

- the attachment to a particular image/ form/ idol that they're used to seeing could be incorporated (adding a photo they want to?)

- the experience of that mandir: fragrance of an agarbatti, lighting a diya, offering flowers and then physically being able to touch the idol (or customs of other religions) could be incorporated.

A digital space being able to replicate everything in the physical world seem nearly impossible to me. And yes, such minor additions like in the last image are definitely a step ahead! :)

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