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The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted permission to Jain Temple Trusts in Mumbai, Pune and Nashik for delivering parcels of pious Ayambil food to devotees from April 19 to April 27.
The food is to be delivered by a team of seven volunteers or via professional distribution service agencies as permitted under Maharashtra s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
The court said, Under no circumstances the devotees would be allowed to enter the premises to collect the pious food. Those in charge of delivering food will collect it from the kitchen and deliver it to the devotees.
Bombay High Court Allows 58 Jain Temple Premises To Operate Kitchen For Nine Days of Ayambil Tap
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The Bombay High Court on Friday allowed 58 Jain temple/trusts to open up their kitchens for cooking pious food for the nine days of Ayambil Oli Fast, starting Monday, after they undertook to home deliver the cooked food.
The bench of Justices SC Gupte and Abhay Ahuja refused to allow takeaways as initially sought by the petitioners observing that it did not fulfill the rigours of the Standard Operating Procedure issued by the State on April 13, 2021, by which restaurant dine-ins and the opening of religious places for devotees is impermissible.
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