A Temple Exclusively for JEE, NEET Wishes: In Country's Coaching Hub, Students Flock to Scribble on 'wall of Beliefs'
News 18”Please let me get selected in NEET 2023”, ”Dear God, please give my concentration back”, ”AIIMS Delhi please”, ”IIT Delhi for me and Google for my brother” — these are not part of any diary but wishes scribbled on ”wall of beliefs” at a temple here by scores of coaching centre students. Read | IIT Kanpur Placements: 1128 Students Placed, 33 Receive Offer With Package Over Rs 1 Crore Initially seen as defacement by the temple authorities, the ”wall of beliefs” was named after the temple became popular in early 2000 when a few students who had scribbled their prayers cleared the engineering entrance exam IIT JEE and medical entrance tests. ”Long back, when a few students came to pray here, they scribbled their wishes asking for their selection in IIT JEE or medical entrance tests. But later when the faith of locals and students got cemented, we decided to make dedicated areas in the temple and called it ’wall of beliefs,” Kishan Bihari, one of the temple priests, told PTI.