No Decision Yet On Opening Religious Places In Maharashtra: Official
Mumbai:
The Maharashtra govt is but to take a call on opening non secular puts for devotees within the state as a part of lockdown relaxations, an respectable mentioned on Sunday.
The Union Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) closing week mentioned ”Liberate-1” will probably be initiated from June eight underneath which the national lockdown, enforced on March 25, will probably be comfortable to an excellent extent, together with opening of buying groceries department stores, eating places and non secular puts, whilst strict restrictions will probably be in position until June 30 within the nation.
The MHA additionally requested the Union Well being Ministry to factor same old running procedures for those sectors after consulting different ministries, departments and different stakeholders to verify social distancing and to comprise the unfold of COVID-19.
Then again, the Maharashtra govt, whilst closing week extending the lockdown duration until June 30, made up our minds to stay non secular puts closed for some extra duration, and no contemporary determination has been taken on it.
“A choice is but to be taken on opening temples, mosques, church buildings and different non secular institutions for other people. There was no determination thus far on permitting other people to assemble at such puts”, Maharashtra’s legislation and judiciary division secretary Rajendra Bhagwat advised PTI.
Government of a few distinguished temples in Maharashtra additionally mentioned they have got now not won any respectable conversation on permitting shrines to be opened for devotees.
When contacted, Adesh Bandekar, chairman of the Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple Agree with in Mumbai advised PTI, “We have now now not won any conversation from the state relating to opening of the temple. A gathering of the temple board is scheduled within the coming week.”
“The accept as true with will announce its determination as soon as the state govt problems contemporary directives. We’re these days developing amenities for keeping up social distancing as soon as devotees are allowed to talk over with the temple,” he mentioned.
Mr Bandekar mentioned as of now, monks are following their regimen and acting rituals on the temple, which is without doubt one of the hottest shrines in Mumbai and draws masses of holiday makers on commonplace days.
Government of the Pune-based Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Sarvajanik Ganpati Agree with and Vitthal Rukmini Temple Samiti in Pandharpur (in Solapur district) additionally mentioned they have got now not won any conversation for opening the non secular puts for public.
The Dagdusheth Halwai Ganesh temple in Pune is relatively well-liked amongst other people and draws over one million devotees annually.
The Vitthal Rukmini temple in Pandharpur draws over two crore devotees in a 12 months. Throughout the Hindu month of Ashaadh, lakhs of ”warkaris” and different pilgrims from around the state stroll to the temple.
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