Mumbai, Dec 23 (Agency) Devotees were likely to throng major temples in Maharashtra on the occasion of the consecutive holidays of Christmas and New Year. Against this backdrop, important temples administrations in the state have started taking decisions regarding making masks compulsory. According to the sources, Shirdi’s Saibaba Sansthan has been alerted in the wake of the Covid outbreak abroad. Sai devotees coming for darshan have been urged to use masks, maintain social distancing and use sanitizers, while at Ambabai temple in Kolhapur, a decision has been taken to make masks compulsory for the employees. However, the devotees are not forced to wear masks so far.Meanwhile, the decision regarding masks is likely to be made tomorrow at the lord Vitthala temple in Pandharpur.
Also instructions have been given to the employees of the Mumbadevi temple in Mumbai to wear masks. Besides, devotees are also being urged to use masks. On the occasion of New Year, Mumbai and other temples of the state are also likely to be crowded. Already, corona patients are increasing rapidly in China. The infection there has also been found in India, and nearly 4 patients have been found in the country .Considering the increasing number of patients, temples have taken vigilance and may be asked to follow the rules of Corona slowly. Meanwhile,health department already on alert mode after the direction by the central health department .However,the State chief minister Eknath Shinde ,Deputy Minister Devendra Fadanvis and health minister Prof Tanaji Sawant reviewed the Covid situation in the state Thursday night and issued direction to the health department.