Gujarat’s Somnath temple closed for ‘darshan’ amid COVID-19 surge
In view of a surge within the COVID-19 infections, the Somnath Temple belief has introduced that the temple will stay shut for devotees from April 11 for an indefinite interval.
Devotees can take part in ‘darshan’ utilizing on-line platforms. Apart from the primary temple, different temples below the Somnath Trust will even stay closed until additional discover.
“The Somnath Trust has decided to close Somnath temple from April 11 for visitors in view of rising COVID cases. Devotees can watch Aarti on the temple’s social media pages and its website,” Vijaysinh Chawda, General Manager, Somnath Trust.
As per the temple authorities, it’ll announce the re-opening of the temple at a later stage.
At current, Gujarat has 22,692 energetic circumstances.
On Tuesday, Gujarat High Court had directed the state authorities to take a choice on weekend curfew.
India, on Saturday, reported 1,45,384 new COVID-19 circumstances which is the best each day spike in circumstances for the reason that outbreak of the pandemic.
(With ANI inputs)
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