- opportunities to serve (seva, charya)
- reasons to see other parts of the world (pilgrimage)
- a sense of knowing where you're going (moksha)
- loss of ego, better understanding of the big picture
- rituals, the ability to beseech the presence of Ganesha, Shiva, or Murugan
- flowers, making of malas
- opportunities to learn mysticism
- guidance to meditation
- darshan
- methods for emotional control, increase in willpower
- freedom with responsibility
- opportunities to explain it
- acquaintances with some very wise and inner people (sannyasins)
- increased ability to cultivate observation
- focus on divinity, God centered, no go-between, divinity permeates
- no guilt
- no sin, only opportunities to learn, evolve, progress
What's not to like?