Web surfers in search of spiritual fulfilment are to be offered the chance to receive an online "blessing", it was announced today.

An art project launched by Tate Online today will guide visitors through a three-step ritual, which includes placing the forehead to the computer screen on a spot marked X.

Visitors who go through the ritual will be able to print out a certificate to mark the occasion.

The artwork, entitled Blessed-bandwidth.net, will also offer visitors a means of recording their sins and accepting punishments, as well as a library where they are encouraged to upload and share their own beliefs.

The project, which suggests the users dress up as their favourite god or priest, and even exclaims "Feed me, thrill me, love me. I am your god", was the work of 26-year-old artist Shilva Gupta from Mumbai, India.

It is intended to act as a space for visitors to reflect on religion and its role in the world.

Visitors at the launch will be able to choose to log on to the Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh and Buddhist faiths.

They will also be able to view footage and photographs of Ms Gupta, who is from a Hindu background, visiting the most important places of worship in Mumbai, with a network cable.

In each shrine, she asks for the cable connecting the server to be "blessed" by a priest or authority.

The project is sponsored by BT.

The project can be accessed on Blessed Bandwidth.