UP: Full Covid protocol in place, temples deck up for Navratri

Lucknow | Tuesday | 13th April, 2021

Summary:

LUCKNOW: With the nine-day Chaitra Navratri set to begin on Tuesday, prominent temples have mandated that only those devotees will be allowed to join puja who follow Covid protocol.

Preparations were underway at Chowk’s Badi Kali Ji Mandir, Chandrika Devi Mandir, Kali Badi temple, and Hanuman Setu, among others.

Temples have also made arrangements for live-streaming of ‘aarti’ via social media.

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LUCKNOW: With the nine-day Chaitra Navratri set to begin on Tuesday, prominent temples have mandated that only those devotees will be allowed to join puja who follow Covid protocol.

Preparations were underway at Chowk’s Badi Kali Ji Mandir, Chandrika Devi Mandir, Kali Badi temple, and Hanuman Setu, among others.

Temples have also made arrangements for live-streaming of ‘aarti’ via social media.

Devotees at Chandrika Devi Temple will not be allowed to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.

Only five devotees at a time will be allowed to enter the temple only after thermal screening and use of sanitizer.

Annual ‘Navratri Mela’ and ‘kanya bhojan’ have been cancelled to check overcrowding.

Badi Kali Ji temple at Chowk will ask devotees to enter through a sanitization door.