After 80 Days, Mahakaleshwar Temple To Reopen The next day In Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal:

The well-known Mahakaleshwar temple at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh will reopen for devotees on Monday after an opening of 80 days, a member of its control committee mentioned.

The temple was once close for the general public on April nine this yr following a upward thrust in day-to-day COVID-19 instances within the state. It needed to be closed for the second one time right through the pandemic that broke out final yr, he mentioned.

“It is going to reopen the next day at 6 am,” the temple’s assistant administrator RK Tiwari informed PTI over the telephone on Sunday.

Then again, the access to the temple’s sanctum sanctorum and Nandi corridor would now not be allowed, he mentioned.

“Devotees must take on-line permission for the deity’s ”darshan” on the temple. Those that have gained no less than one shot of vaccine towards coronavirus must display its certificates to go into the temple, or else, elevate an RT-PCR detrimental take a look at file issued 48 hours earlier than coming into the non secular premises,” he mentioned.

The respectable additional mentioned 3,500 devotees can be authorized to go into the temple between 6 am and eight pm in an afternoon. There can be seven-time slots of 2 hours every and 500 other people can be allowed to go into the temple in every slot.

RK Tiwari mentioned COVID-19 suitable behaviour can be strictly adopted on the temple.

“Devotees must adhere to all protection measures, like bodily distancing and dressed in mask,” he mentioned.

Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, round 20,000 other people used to seek advice from the temple on a daily basis, he mentioned.

The temple, positioned about 175 km from the state capital Bhopal, is devoted to Lord Shiva and is likely one of the 12 ”jyotirlingas” within the nation.

On Saturday, the Ujjain district didn’t file any new COVID-19 case or dying, in keeping with state officers.