Prayagraj: On the occasion of the second Monday of the ongoing Shravan month, there was a huge crowd of darshan of all the major Gods. Shiv City Temple. Most of the devotees were seen wearing masks and standing in queues while waiting for their turn to worship Lord Shiva, observing social distancing. Adequate security arrangements were made in all Lord Shiva temples across the district including Mankameshwar. Someshwar Mahadev And Padila Mahadevi. A large number of women devotees reached the temples to offer prayers to Lord Shiva.
Since no Covid positive case was reported in the city on Sunday, there was undoubtedly an increase in the number of devotees on Monday. However, the temple administration has made sanitizer, social distancing and masks mandatory for entering temples. Temple committee volunteers were also seen checking the temperature of the devotees and maintaining social distance at the entrances of the temples. No devotee was allowed to enter the temple premises without a mask.
Heavy barricading by the police around major Lord Shiva temples including Mankameshwar, and Padila Mahadev assisted the police and temple authorities to control the crowd of devotees. In addition, the network has separate entry and exit points cctv The set also helped the police to keep a constant watch on the movements of the devotees.
Policemen in uniform as well as in plain clothes were deployed to assist the temple management committees to maintain social distancing. Duties of both male and female policemen were assigned in all the temples.
Chief priest of Mankameshwar temple, Brahmachari Sridharanand said, “The temple witnessed overcrowding on Monday (Monday), we have shifted our focus on maintaining social distancing in the temple premises. Many people were not allowed to worship once near the Shivling. He further said that wearing of masks was made mandatory and devotees were asked to stand in circles to maintain social distance between them.
Since no Covid positive case was reported in the city on Sunday, there was undoubtedly an increase in the number of devotees on Monday. However, the temple administration has made sanitizer, social distancing and masks mandatory for entering temples. Temple committee volunteers were also seen checking the temperature of the devotees and maintaining social distance at the entrances of the temples. No devotee was allowed to enter the temple premises without a mask.
Heavy barricading by the police around major Lord Shiva temples including Mankameshwar, and Padila Mahadev assisted the police and temple authorities to control the crowd of devotees. In addition, the network has separate entry and exit points cctv The set also helped the police to keep a constant watch on the movements of the devotees.
Policemen in uniform as well as in plain clothes were deployed to assist the temple management committees to maintain social distancing. Duties of both male and female policemen were assigned in all the temples.
Chief priest of Mankameshwar temple, Brahmachari Sridharanand said, “The temple witnessed overcrowding on Monday (Monday), we have shifted our focus on maintaining social distancing in the temple premises. Many people were not allowed to worship once near the Shivling. He further said that wearing of masks was made mandatory and devotees were asked to stand in circles to maintain social distance between them.
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