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New Year Day: On January 1 Devotees In India Visit Temples, Gurudwaras

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January 1: Devotees at Golden Temple in Amritsar on New Yr Day

On the primary day of New Yr 2021, folks in giant numbers visited temples, gurudwaras and different non secular locations to hunt blessings regardless of the COVID-19 restrictions. Devotees gathered on the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the primary day of the New Yr 2021. The variety of folks on the gurudwara on New Yr Day was nevertheless far much less in comparison with earlier years because of the Covid-19 restrictions in place. Covid pointers for New Yr celebrations have been introduced by the centre and state governments to test the unfold of the lethal virus however many individuals had been seen with out masks.

The Punjab authorities has already issued pointers proscribing indoor gatherings to 100 folks and outside gathering to 250. There’s additionally an evening curfew happening, which shall be lifted after January 1. Night time curfew is in place in most metros throughout the nation.

In Maharashtra, devotees turned up on the well-known Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple in Mumbai to supply prayers. Individuals at  Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh additionally gathered at Sangam ghat to take a holy dip, provide prayers and witness the primary solar rise of the New Yr. 

Taking a dip on the Sangam or the confluence of three rivers, Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati on vital days is taken into account to be very auspicious.

At Patna’s Mahaveer temple too numerous devotees gathered on the New Yr Day.  Within the temple city of Puri, folks gathered on the beech to observe the primary solar rise of the yr on January 1.

In most states in India, no celebratory occasions, public capabilities and gatherings had been permitted and part 144 has been imposed.