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Lockdown Defiance: Devotees In West Bengal Throng Temples On Ram Navami

Thousands of devotees assembled in temples in various parts of West Bengal on the occasion of Ram Navami on Thursday, defying the lockdown.

Long queues of devotees were seen outside temples across the state, reported The New Indian Express.

Police asked devotees to return to home immediately after offering pujas and instructed them to avoid gatherings and strictly follow social distancing norms, said the report quoting a senior officer.

Large gatherings were seen outside many temples in Beliaghata and Maniktala area in the eastern metropolis.

The Kolkata police also asked priests of the Ram temples to adhere to social distancing and not to allow the assembling of devotees outside the temples.

 

OB Bureau

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