A video of the incident, which occurred in Navapura village in Sanand taluka on May 3, showed around 500 women carrying water pots on their heads while walking towards a temple.
Devotees defied Covid-safety norms as hundreds gathered in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district for a religious procession. The police have arrested 23 people for organising the event.
Gujarat: Women flock religious procession to eradicate COVID; 23 held
A video of the incident, which occurred in Navapura village in Sanand taluka on May 3, showed around 500 women carrying water pots on their heads while walking towards a temple.
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AHMEDABAD: Cocking a snook at COVID-19 norms, a large number of women turned up at a religious event organized in a village in Gujarat s Ahmedabad district to eradicate coronavirus , police said on Wednesday, adding 23 people, including the village head, have been arrested.
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Thousands of devotees violated COVID-19 restrictions when they gathered in the city of Sanand in Gujarat, India, on Monday to pray for the end of the pandemic.
Video of the mass gathering of women offering water at the Navapura village in Sanand Taluka went viral on Wednesday, according to
RepublicWorld. The women marched as music played and gathered near the Baliyadev Temple, breaching social distancing guidelines and assembling without wearing face masks. The procession took place amid a local priest claiming the nation s ongoing second COVID-19 surge was because the gods are angry, which prompted locals to take spiritual action.