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Visible push for Ram Mandir at Kumbh Mela
A slew of hoardings welcoming devotees to the Kumbh Mela in this historic city of Uttar Pradesh call for the construction of a grand Ram temple at the disputed Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya.
Thousands of saints who have descended here from across the country are also making a strong pitch for a grand Ram temple.
In their conversations with devotees, as well as in their open addresses, they were heard calling for the intervention of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre.
A poster highlighting the victory of ‘dharma’, states: “Tulsi tere des mein/Ram Kachehri jaye/Sarkaron ke bich main/Mandir gota khae”, which roughly translates into: God is taken to the courts in the country where ‘temple’ is ignored in the infighting of the regimes.
Issued by Anant Vivhuchit Jagatguru Ramanandcharya and Narendracharya Maharaj, the poster displays a life-size illustration of Hindu god Ram with his bow and arrows, and is displayed in several parts of the city, particularly along the lanes leading up to the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna rivers and the mystical Saraswati at the Sangam.
Another poster issued by the same group states: “Badh aage tirpal hatao/Vansaj hone ka dharma nibhao”, calling on the devotees to move forward and remove the ‘tent’ over the idol in Ayodhya and perform the duty of being scions of Lord Ram.
In a poster that particularly attracted much attention for its strong wording, apparently to Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre, it is stated that if ‘you’ consider yourself to be the ‘saput’ (good son) of Ram, then build the Ram Temple and prove your allegiance.
The language of the posters gets stronger as one gets closer to the Sangam.
“Agar ab bhi Ram Mandir nahin bana paaoge/Aane wale pidhi ko kya muh dikha paoge”. (If you still cannot build the Ram Temple, how will you face the future generations.)
The Kumbh administration has built pontoon bridges that lead the visitors to the five-kilometre bathing ghat at Sangam but these posters and hoardings throng the by-lanes leading up to the Sangam, and therefore are among regular sites that visitors encounter before and after taking the holy dip that, according to legend, opens the doors to heaven.
The Kumbh Mela 2019 is being held from January 15 to March 4, with six important bathing dates. Makar Sankranti, which falls on Tuesday, was the first of these dates for bathing, and officials expect over 15 crore devotees to take the holy dip this year.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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