AJMER: The ghats of holy Pushkar Sarovar were brimming with people who swarmed the temple town on Thursday for the last rites of their departed ones on the occasion of purnima.
Since early morning, people were seen carrying ashes of their beloved who died during the second wave of the pandemic.
“On Thursday, it was Vat purnima, an auspicious day for performing last rites and therefore people rushed to Pushkar for prayers,” said Deepu Maharishi, a priest of Pushkar.
Usually, people go to Haridwar, but mostly locals come to Pushkar.
Because of the lockdown and Covid, there were people from many cities performing last rites in Pushkar.
Hundreds of people gathered on the ghats and priests performed pujas and last rites and later the markets too were crowded.
Caution was thrown to wind as people violated social distancing norms despite warning by cops.
Markets were allowed to open from early morning to 5 in the evening and therefore families came for the last rites.
Only in Gaddi Malyan cremination centre of Ajmer, over 250 urns were left behind for the last two months as relatives did not turn up for last rites.