Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday imposed restrictions on gathering of devotees at the Ananta Vasudeva temple for ‘Ananta Brata’ in view of prevailing COVID-19 pandemic situation.
The Ananta Brata falls on September 19 this year.
In an order, the civic body said that there will be no public gathering, public darshan, mahaprasad sevan of any kind in the temple for ‘Ananta Brata’ celebration.
However the usual temple rituals will be performed by sevayats by adopting strict Covid protocol. The temple administration has been asked to ensure that only fully vaccinated sevayats to be permitted with proper use of mask and maintaining social distancing among themselves.
The temple administration has also been asked to provide hand sanitizers for sevayats at the temple premises.