Gujarat: Flouting covid rules, hundreds of devotees take out religious procession; 23 booked

Wednesday, 5 May 2021Newsdesk

A day after a video emerged of hundreds of women devotees taking out a religious procession in Navapara village of Sanand taluka in Ahmedabad rural, the police Wednesday booked 23 persons including the sarpanch.

New Delhi, 05 May 2021

As per news report of Indian Express, according to police, the incident occurred on Tuesday morning when hundreds of women devotees were seen taking out a procession with steel pots (Kalash) on their heads towards Baliyadev temple in nearby Nidradh village, flouting social distancing norms amid the pandemic. According to police, the local Thakor community in the village has a belief that pouring sacred water from Kalash on their community God Baliyadev at the temple would get them rid of any harm.

Source -indianexpress.com