Lagatar24 Desk
Shirdi, Nov.17: An official order by the Ahmednagar district government has allowed 10,000 more worshippers per day, who have offline passes, to see Saibaba at the famous Shirdi temple. This decision comes after a noticable fall in the numbers of Covid-19 cases.
The district administration had issued an order on October 6 allowing 15,000 devotees with online permits to take darshan per day, however because to the decrease in cases, authorities received a proposal to allow more devotees with offline passes to take darshan.
As long as the online booking for 15,000 devotees continues, a total of 25,000 devotees would be able to see Saibaba every day.
“As per the decision, taken in a meeting, the Saibaba Temple Trust has been permitted to allow 10,000 devotees on daily basis through the offline system while following all the COVID-19 norms,” said the official order issued by Ahmednagar district collector Rajendra Bhosale.
The temple trust will be required to certify that it would adhere to all COVID-19 requirements imposed by the administration and the Maharashtra government, according to the statement.
Thousands of devotees used to visit Shirdi every day before the plague.
The Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust has announced that it will open counters in Shirdi to distribute free offline passes to devotees who show their Aadhaar cards.
In Maharashtra, the number of COVID-19 infections is still under 1,000 per day. According to the health department, the state recorded 886 coronavirus positive cases and 34 fatalities on Tuesday, bringing the total to 66,25,872 and the death toll to 1,40,636.
