Religious places in Maharashtra are reopening on Thursday, months after the second Covid-19 outbreak. The civic body in Mumbai has issued an order limiting the number of visitors to places of worship to 50 per cent of the total capacity. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s office (CMO) had last month said, “All places of worship will reopen from the first day of Navratri, i.e., October 7, 2021, following all COVID-19 safety protocols.”
Based on the orders, Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple in Dadar has urged the devotees to follow all necessary COVID-19 precautions. Some of the precautions include- entry based on QR code, all physical contact will be avoided, no one will be allowed to offer prasad, etc.
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As religious places were allowed to open, several ministers visited temples and shrines across the state. Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde seeks blessings at Parli Vaijnath, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas, in the early hours of Thursday, minister Jayant Patil visited Siddhivinayak temple, Rajesh Tope, health minister visited Mahalaxmi temple, while chief minister Thackeray would visit Mumbadevi temple at 8:30 am.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar offers prayers at Siddhi Vinayak Ganpati Temple in Mumbai. Today is also the first day of Navratri, which will continue till October 15. pic.twitter.com/mWmEM3NcZX
— ANI (@ANI) October 7, 2021
The reopening of religious places comes in the backdrop of reduction in Covid-19 cases and reduction in positivity rate. In the last few days, Maharashtra has witnessed just over 2000 coronavirus infections every day and on Wednesday, 2876 people tested positive for the viral disease while 90 people succumbed to it, the health department bulletin showed. Is.
Schools, colleges, theaters and auditoriums have reopened as the state’s COVID-19 situation improves.
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