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Adequate preparations, in adherence to the COVID-19 tips, have been made atop Indrakeeladri hill to facilitate a hassle-free darshan to devotees in the course of the Dasara festivities, says Brahmin Corporation Chairman and Vijayawada Central MLA Malladi Vishnu.
The 10-day Dasara competition started on the Kanaka Durga temple on Saturday, and the Goddess was worshipped as ‘Swarna Kavachalankruta Durga Devi’ on the primary day of the competition.
Addressing the media, Mr. Vishnu expressed satisfaction over the preparations made by the officers for a hassle-free darshan to the devotees who go to the temple in the course of the festivities from remote areas. He mentioned with out making any compromise on the COVID-19 tips, the devotees have been being despatched in for darshan.
The earlier yr, the temple witnessed a crowd of 80,000 devotees on every of the ten days of the festivities, he mentioned. But this yr, in view of the pandemic, a system had been put in place to permit darshan to solely 10,000 devotees in a day. Traditional rituals comparable to providing of hair and a holy dip in the river had additionally been executed away with, he knowledgeable.
The MLA mentioned to spare the devotees the issue of heavy visitors in the course of the competition days, the Kanaka Durga flyover was opened to divert vehicular motion.
He mentioned, with the blessings of the Goddess, the State had witnessed copious rains, and he was hopeful that the farmers would progress and thrive with good crop yield and enough returns on them.
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