Uttrakhand s Haridwar Imposes Corona Curfew After Kumbh Mela s Final Shahi Snan
Over 25,000 devotees and 1000 seers gather for the occasion of Kumbh Mela s last Shahi Snan following which Haridwar s district administration on Wednesday announced a curfew.
| 28 April 2021 10:07 AM GMT
Uttrakhand- On the holy occasion of Chitra Purnima, over 25,000 devotees and around 1,350 seers from various akharas gathered to take a holy dip in Brahmkund at Har Ki Pauri during the Kumbh Mela s final Shahi Snan (royal bath) on Tuesday.
Chitra Purnima is a holy day for the Hindu Community which is celebrated on a full moon day in the month of Chaitra, which is considered to be the first month of the year according to the Hindu calendar. It is a festival dedicated to Chitragupta, a Hindu god who is tasked with recording the good and bad deeds committed by humans by Yama, the Hindu god of death and the underworld. On this day, devotees take a dip in the river asking Chitragupta to redeem th
Jayati Ghosh
The unfolding pandemic horror in India has many causes. These include the complacency, inaction and irresponsibility of government leaders, even when it was evident for several months that a fresh wave of infections of new mutant variants threatened the population. Continued massive election rallies, many addressed by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, brought large numbers to congested gatherings and lulled many into underplaying the threat of infection.
The incomprehensible decision to allow a major Hindu religious festival the
Mahakumbh Mela, held every 12 years to be
brought forward by a full year, on the advice of some astrologers, brought millions from across India to one small area along the Ganges River and contributed to ‘super-spreading’ the disease. Unbelievably, the last major ‘ritual bathing’ goes ahead today!
Kumbh Mela Devotees Flout COVID-19 Norms as they Gather for the Last Shahi Snan
The Kumbh Mela devotees openly flouted the COVID-19 norms as they gather for the last Shahi Snan in the holy Ganges during the auspicious day of the Chitra Purnima.
| 27 April 2021 12:58 PM GMT
Uttrakhand- On the holy occasion of Chitra Purnima, thousands of people gathered to take a holy dip in the river Ganga, the last Shahi Snan of the ongoing Kumbh Mela 2021 in Haridwar, Uttrakhand.
Chitra Purnima is a holy day for the Hindu Community which is celebrated on a full moon day in the month of Chaitra, which is considered to be the first month of the year according to the Hindu calendar. It is a festival dedicated to Chitragupta, a Hindu god who is tasked with recording the good and bad deeds committed by humans by Yama, the Hindu god of death and the underworld. On this day, devotees take a dip in the river asking Chitragupta to redeem them from their sins.
India: New Delhi extends lockdown amid deadly COVID wave
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says a storm has shaken the nation, as India grapples with global record-high coronavirus infection rates. The United States has pledged assistance.
India has recorded more than 16.9 million coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic
India s capital, New Delhi, on Sunday extended its weeklong lockdown as hospitals struggled with a shortage of beds and oxygen supplies.
India has recorded 349,691 new coronavirus cases and 2,767 deaths in the past 24 hours the highest since the start of the pandemic.
New Delhi is the country s worst-hit city, with burial grounds reportedly running out of space due to a spike in the death toll.