Ahmedabad: As a covid wave of both EBBS in the state, people show their gratitude to the gods because they have survived the deadly situation by filling out the donation box in famous temples in Gujarat.
When limiting relaxed locking, the people flocked to the temple.
Donations that have dried up when Coronavirus hit the country once again at the pre-covid level at Somnath Temple at the Veraval Temple, Dwarkadhish in Dwarka City, Ambaja Temple at the Temple of Banesterna and Ranchhodrai in Dakor.
Interestingly, the Ambaji Temple has seen a large surge over the past two months that donations have exceeded pre-covid levels.
“The average contribution has reached Rs 40 Lakh per week compared to RS 30 Lakh in the pre-covid period,” said Savjibhai Prajapati, Shri account officer Arasuri Ambaji Mata Devasthan Trust.
“The monthly average donation has risen to Rs 2 Crore.
This includes online contributions too.
Before Covid struck, this number around Rs 1.5 Crore,” said Prajapati.
Cracked legs in the temple go up to almost pre-covid levels.
S J Chavda, Administrator Saamdt, said that daily footsteps have reached 12,000 with 30,000-35,000 worshipers visiting the temple on weekends.
Donations received from worshipers in four famous temples have shown a total decrease in total of around 37% for 2020-21 compared to the previous year.
While the decline between 20% and 55% for these temples independently, the total collection has dropped from RS 119.35 Crore in 2019-2020 to 74.91 crore at 2020-21.
However, everything looks up.
Along with the increasing donation, the Dakor Temple – where Mela is held every year in Janmashtami – expect a rush of visitors this year.
About 1.75 lakh worshipers visited the temple in 2019 during the festival period.
“The contribution received by the temple in July 2019 is around Hospital 1 Crore.
We expect a similar contribution this July,” said Ravindra Upadhyay, General Manager of Dakor Temple Trust.
The average monthly donation takes in the average monthly donation tempblesthe at Somnath Temple has also taken in recent months and touched Rs 2.5 Crore.
Before locking, it was around Rs 5 Crore a month.
The locking forced by the pandemic saw Somnath witnessed a massive decline in contributions from Rs 44 Crore in 2019-2020 to Rs 20.24 Crore at 2020-21.
“Now, there is an increase with daily footsteps.
We get around 7,000-8,000 people every day.
We hope it reaches 12,000 per day as well as before Covid.
Weekend leg cracks are around 15,000 but we hope that with the emergence of the holy month of Shravan in a few The coming day, the number will increase, “said Vijaysinh Chavda, General Manager, Somnath Temple Trust.
Before the pandemic was beaten, the famous Dwarkadhish Temple in Devbhumi Dwarka district witnessed more than 2 lakh people visited the holy temple in Janmashtami.
“In June, the temple received around Rs 6.7 lakh in a temporary donation has so far accepted the contribution of Rs 6.23 lakh from worshipers in July.
The footsteps per day are on the rise.
At present, around 7,000-8,000 worshipers visit the temple Every day on weekdays.
On weekends, around 10,000 to 15,000 worshipers visited the place, “said sources at Temple Trust.