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No Kanwar Yatra, Shravan Mela at Jharkhand’s Deoghar this year

Deoghar / Ranchi: One of the largest religious congregations in East India – Mela-Long Shravani throughout the month in Deoghar and Kanwar Yatra attached to it – Stand was canceled for the second consecutive time this year in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic due to a visit to religious places It has been banned, officials said on Wednesday.
The Moon Shravan starts from July 25 this year and to stop worshipers coming to the temple and prevent Kanwarias meetings at the famous Baba Baidyanath temple in Deoghar, which is considered one of 12 Jyotirlingas, the regional government has established five checkpoints, officials said.
“Shravani Mela has been canceled this year considering Covid-19 Pandemic …
arrangements made for Darshan Virtual Online Baba Baidyanath during Shravan,” said Deputy Commissioner Manjunatri Deoghar Bhajantri.
After Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, Jharkhand was the latest to call Kanwar Yatra with worshipers remembering a pandemic.
Delegation of various bodies of religion including President Panda Dharmarakhini Sabha, members and representatives of the community of Imam Teerth met with deputy commissioners, additional collectors, Deoghar Chadra Bhushan Prasad Singh and they were told about the decision.
The government has made checkpost at five entry points – Andhrigather, Dardmara, Khoripanan, Jaipur More and Jamua to prevent the entry of worshipers ‘jalabhishek’.
Officials said broad publicity were being carried out through train officials and others to spread the message that worshipers were banned in the temple and ‘Jalarpan’ (offering water) were not allowed.
Officials have also been asked to calculate the area around the temple to prevent the assembly of the crowd.
Before going to Covid-19, the Mega program frequently visited by lakh worshipers throughout the country who usually turned to offer prayers to Lord Shiva at Baidyanath Temple.
The Jharkhand government on June 30 extends restrictions such as the locking of Coronavirus for the eighth time until the order further provided that “all religious places / places of worship are permitted to open but visitors are prohibited”.
The Director General of Police, Jharkhand, Neeraj Sinha last week had told PTI: “We have deployed the police at Bihar Borders and Deoghar Borders to avoid the church.” Every year, during the rainy season, worshipers in many countries do Kanwar Yatra to collect water from Ganga and other rivers and offer them at the Shiva Tempples in Pilgrims.
Kanwarias in the eastern region traveled 100 km carrying Ganga water from Sultanganj at Bihar to offer it to the god Shiva at the Deoghar temple.
Last year the government has held back permission for Saravani Mela and prohibits Kanwar Yatra during national locking.
The Jharkhand government this year has also held back permission for the Ratha Yatra festival at Jagannath Temple in Ranchi.
The latest order from the Jharkhand Disaster Management Department said, “All indoor and outdoor congregations of more than 50 people are banned in the country including marriage and last ritual-related activities.” In addition, all procession is prohibited in the state …
All Fairs and exhibits are prohibited from arriving further orders “.
Also bus transportation in the state has been permitted only for intra-state movements and not the inter-state movement.

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