No Covid Test Required for Darshan of Trinities from 21st
Puri: Devotees seeking Darshan of the trinity in Jagannath temple Puri will not be required to produced any Covid-19 negative certificate from 21st January. A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting today held headed by Collector Samarth Verma. Speaking to media, Verma said that special arrangements and queue system will be introduced [...]
Puri: Devotees seeking Darshan of the trinity in Jagannath temple Puri will not be required to produced any Covid-19 negative certificate from 21st January. A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting today held headed by Collector Samarth Verma.
Speaking to media, Verma said that special arrangements and queue system will be introduced from 21st January for elderly/senior citizens coming to the temple.
While the local residents of Puri will get opportunity to have darshan of the deities between 6 am to 7 am, others can have darshan after 7am.
Initially, arrangements have been made for 30,000 devotees every day. For more than 30,000 devotees , cintigency plans have also been formulated, Verma added.
The devotees can enter the temple from Singhadwar only.
Thermal screening of all devotees will be done and other Covid-19 protocols like wearing of masks, maintaining social distancing will be followed.
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