Image of goddess at Jhandewalan temple, view of decorations in the temple premises.
– Photo: Amar Ujala
Expansion
This year, Chaitra Navratri festival is starting from Wednesday, March 22. It will continue till Ram Navami on March 30. Tremendous enthusiasm is being seen among the devotees to celebrate Navratri and for this a lot of preparations are going on in the temples as well. Cleanliness is being done all around and major temples are being decorated profusely with indigenous and foreign flowers. Devotees may be somewhat disappointed that this time also they will not be able to offer flowers and coconuts to the Goddess in the temples. This decision has been taken in view of safety as well as health and cleanliness.
Nandkishore Sethi, administrator of Shri Badri Bhagat Jhandewalan Devi Temple, told Amar Ujala that in view of the transition during the Corona period, there was a ban on offering flowers and coconuts in the temple. This system will still continue. This step has been taken keeping the security in mind. Apart from this, their safe disposal after the offering of flowers was also becoming a problem, to avoid this and to maintain more cleanliness in the temple premises, this time also the ban on offering flowers, garlands and coconuts to the goddess will continue.
Appeal to come wearing a mask
Nand Kumar Sethi said that due to the end of Corona, the compulsion of masks to enter the temple has been abolished. But devotees have been appealed to come wearing masks in view of the spread of influenza infection. Apart from this, sanitizer has been arranged at every entrance in the temple.