Jagannath Temple in Puri to remain closed for devotees on weekends
The Jagannath Temple in Puri will remain closed for devotees on weekends in view of the surge in Covid-19 circumstances in the state. The new pointers will come to impact from April 19, 2021.
Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Friday stated that Puri Jagannath Temple will remain closed for Public Darshan on all Saturdays and Sundays as a measure to include the unfold of COVID-19 and in order to sanitize the temple premises.
“All devotees visiting the temple from outside of Odisha will be required to bring COVID-19 negative Certificate (RT-PCR) of testing done within 96 hours prior to their visit to the temple or to produce a report on 2nd dose of Anti-COVID vaccination,” the order issued by SJTA stated.
“Any other guidelines issued by the state government with respect to restrictions on persons coming from other states shall be scrupulously followed,” it added.
According to Union Health Ministry, there are 13,837 energetic COVID-19 circumstances in Odisha, whereas the cumulative circumstances of the an infection have been mounted to 3,42,570.
(With ANI inputs)
