Despite lockdown, huge crowd gathers outside temple
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Even as Virudhunagar district recorded over 7,000 new optimistic circumstances since April 1, tons of of devotees gathered outside Badhrakaliamman Temple in Sivakasi for Chithirai competition celebration on Wednesday night time.
A huge crowd gathered outside the temple whilst its gates had been locked as no devotees had been allowed inside temples for darshan in view of the lockdown. The devotees who began gathering round 6 p.m. swelled in numbers round 8 p.m. Social distancing went for a toss and most of the devotees weren’t sporting masks, based on native sources. Only a restricted variety of police personnel had been posted there.
After the violation of lockdown norms was taken up with Sivakasi Sub-Collector C. Dinesh Kumar, native police compelled the crowd to disperse round 8 p.m.
“Despite all the sufferings of the infected people, the devotees still do not have awareness of the danger of crowding,” mentioned an area resident, S. Velmurugan (52).
Display of aerial fireworks was additionally performed on the event.
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