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The authorities here are bracing themselves for the arrival of a large number of seers on Ram Navami after participating in the Haridwar Kumbh, and an official said a ban on religious gatherings cannot be ruled out to prevent a Covid-19 spike. The administration could also consider banning the entry of visitors without a negative RT-PCR report, not older than 48 hours, according to District Magistrate A K Jha. If required, the boundaries of Ayodhya will be sealed and the administration will not allow any religious congregation on Ram Navami in Ayodhya, Jha said. According to tradition, seers from all religious seats in the country visit Ayodhya every year to celebrate Ram Navami.
Haridwar Kumbh 2021: Holy city reports more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases over the past 48 hours
Over the past two days, Haridwar logged 1,002 new infections (408 on Monday, 494 on Tuesday), taking the city s active caseload to 2,812. Devotees attend morning prayer on the banks of the Ganges river during Kumbh Mela, in Haridwar (Image Source: Reuters)
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Updated: Apr 14, 2021, 10:17 AM IST
Amid ongoing Haridwar Kumbh, the holy city of Uttarakhand has reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases over the past 48 hours. This comes after a massive crowd of devotees were seen taking dips into the holy Ganges at the Mahakumbh festival.
At the Haridwar Kumbh Mela on Monday, as nearly 31 lakh people thronged to the Kumbh Mela for a holy dip in river Ganga at Haridwar s Har Ki Pauri, COVID-19 protocols went for a toss as devotees were seen without masks or maintaining any social distancing.
DEHRADUN (Uttarakhand), Apr 14:
Throwing caution to the wind amid rising cases of coronavirus, thousands of seers congregated on Wednesday at Har ki Pairi in Haridwar to take a dip in the Ganga during the third shahi snan of the Kumbh mela.
The ‘royal bath’ marked Mesh Sankranti and Baisakhi, and fell two days after a similar convergence of ‘sadhus’ and other devotees for the second shahi snan events where following social distancing norms appears almost impossible.
By noon between eight and 10 lakh people had take a bath in the river, Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar, who was supervising the arrangements at Haridwar, said.
Apart from sadhus, a large number of devotees congregated at different ghats to take a holy dip since early morning. Uttarakhand recorded 1,334 Covid-19 positive cases on Monday, including 408 in Haridwar alone. “The total number of active cases in Haridwar is more than 888.