COVID Negative Not Necessary For Puri Jagannath Temple Darshan From This Date – ODISHA BYTES

Puri: Those visiting the Jagannath temple in Odisha’s Puri district is not going to have to hold a Covid damaging certificates from January 21.
Puri Collector Samarth Verma knowledgeable this after a evaluate assembly right here on Sunday. Verma mentioned preparations can be made for 30,000 devotees for darshan every day. The administration will take obligatory steps in case of extra move of devotees, he added.
Though the devotees is not going to have to point out the COVID-19 damaging report, they should strictly adhere to the COVID-19 tips like social distancing, sporting masks and utilizing sanitizers.
The darshan will begin from 7 am and Puri residents can be allowed entry from Singhadwara (Lion Gate) on manufacturing of their id card.
On the opposite hand, particular preparations can be made for senior residents in addition to physically-challenged to permit them a hassle-free and clean darshan, the Collector mentioned.
However, temple will stay closed for darshan on Sundays to sanitise the premises, he added.
In an earlier order, it was determined to not enable consuming of Mahaprasad within the Anand Bazar complicated to keep away from giant congregation contained in the temple through the pandemic time.
So far, 1,25,411 devotees have visited the shrine, he added.
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