Originally Posted by GUWonder

If you are only doing one or two visits to India, it may not be worth it to do the regular visa if you don't need to do it. Dealing with getting an Indian physical visa is also not a fun process for all.

Most of the people with whom I go to India go to India often enough that it's not just one or two visits to India; any many a trip for some of us to India involve two or more entries into India as we may use India as a regional base for travels.