New Year Day: On January 1 Devotees In India Visit Temples, Gurudwaras

On the primary day of New Year 2021, folks in massive numbers visited temples, gurudwaras and different non secular locations to hunt blessings regardless of the COVID-19 restrictions. Devotees gathered on the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the primary day of the New Year 2021. The variety of folks on the gurudwara on New Year Day was nonetheless far much less in comparison with earlier years as a result of Covid-19 restrictions in place. Covid pointers for New Year celebrations have been introduced by the centre and state governments to examine the unfold of the lethal virus however many individuals had been seen with out masks. 

#WATCH | Devotees in massive numbers go to Golden Temple in Amritsar to hunt blessings on the primary day of the yr 2021 pic.twitter.com/kvpGOiM3ka

— ANI (@ANI) January 1, 2021

The Punjab authorities has already issued pointers limiting indoor gatherings to 100 folks and out of doors gathering to 250. There can be an evening curfew happening, which will likely be lifted after January 1. Night curfew is in place in most metros throughout the nation.

In Maharashtra, devotees turned up on the well-known Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple in Mumbai to supply prayers. People at  Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh additionally gathered at Sangam ghat to take a holy dip, supply prayers and witness the primary solar rise of the New Year.    

#WATCH | Devotees go to Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak temple to supply their prayers on New Year#Maharashtrapic.twitter.com/AJ3nWwaMzB

— ANI (@ANI) January 1, 2021  

Taking a dip on the Sangam or the confluence of three rivers, Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati on essential days is taken into account to be very auspicious.

At Patna’s Mahaveer temple too a lot of devotees gathered on the New Year Day.  In the temple city of Puri, folks gathered on the beech to look at the primary solar rise of the yr on January 1. 

#WATCH People witnessed the primary dawn of 2021 at Puri sea seaside in Odisha pic.twitter.com/F12gqT3ZCo

— ANI (@ANI) January 1, 2021

In most states in India, no celebratory occasions, public capabilities and gatherings had been permitted and part 144 has been imposed.