Devotees visiting the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala must carry with them a Covid-19 unfavorable certificates after present process an RT-PCR check, the Kerala Excessive Courtroom and state authorities have directed. The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the temple, has additionally mentioned the RT-PCR check certificates, taken no more than 48 hours previous to their go to to the temple, is should for pilgrims from December 26.
“Covid-19-negative certificates after a RT-PCR check, taken no more than 48 hours previous to their go to to the temple, is a should for the pilgrims to go to the shrine. Else they won’t be permitted to undertake the pilgrimage,” N Vasu, TDB president, mentioned in a launch.
The current directive by the Excessive Courtroom has additionally raised the variety of pilgrims permissible every day to five,000. Within the view of the rise within the variety of permitted pilgrims on the hill shrine, the state Well being Division has intensified the antigen testing in Sabarimala.
The TDB, nevertheless, restricted to 100 the variety of individuals participating within the three-day procession carrying the Thiruvabharanam to be adorned on the idol of Lord Ayyappa in the course of the Makaravilakku ceremony. The receptions to the procession at numerous factors on the best way to Sabarimala have been cancelled, TDB mentioned.
The temple will stay closed after the Mandala Puja on December 26 and reopen for the Makaravilakku pooja on December 31. That is the primary annual pilgrimage season on the hill temple after the coronavirus outbreak.
In the meantime, over 5,000 recent instances of coronavirus had been recorded in Kerala on Friday, together with 46 well being staff, and the check positivity price touched 11.four%. The dying toll mounted to 2,930 with 16 deaths being added to the tally. With this, the Covid-19 caseload within the state mounted to 7,32,084 and the full recoveries touched 6,64,951.
(with company inputs)
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