New Delhi . As the festival of Navratri is approaching, the devotees of the country and abroad including Delhi are eager to celebrate it with great enthusiasm regarding the Durga Puja festival. However, this year also once again the effect of Kovid-19 (Coronavirus) will be seen on this auspicious festival. In all Durga Puja pandals and other programs, the devotees will have to follow the corona restrictions. Like West Bengal, Corona guidelines will be strictly followed in Delhi too. This festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm in other states of the country including West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Odisha and Bihar. In this, devotees offer prayers to different incarnations of Goddess Durga every day during the nine-day festival, which is known as Navratri. While the rituals consist of nine days of fasting, feasting and worship, the last four days – Saptami, Ashtami, Navami and Dashami are celebrated with much gaiety and grandeur in India and abroad, especially in Bengal.
Devotees say that the festival of Navratri also gives an opportunity for reunification and rejuvenation. It is a celebration of traditional culture and customs, which this festival holds great importance for the devotees. Last year, several state governments had allowed Durga Puja committees to perform religious rituals, but not allowing ordinary visitors to visit the pandals. Similarly, Dussehra was also allowed in some places, but here also the conditions were already in force. Volunteer teams were deployed along with the police at the venues.
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This year, in Delhi, DDMA (Delhi Disaster Management Authority) has allowed Durga Puja celebrations, but with the condition of strictly following the COVID guidelines. In view of Corona, some worship committees have canceled the celebrations, while some have decided to perform ‘Ghat Puja’ (worship of the urn symbolizing the goddess). Like last year, several committees have decided to either hold virtual celebrations or conduct pujas with a limited number of people. In Delhi only a few committees like Chittaranjan Park Kali Mandir Society, Matri Mandir Samiti, and few others will perform the puja.
Sujit Das, manager of the Matri Mandir committee of Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave, said, “Last year due to Kovid, we could not do much and only did Ghat Puja. This year also we are not doing anything on a large scale. This time we will prepare a small idol so that there is no crowd. Apart from this, the guidelines issued by the government will be followed. There will be checking at the entry point itself and no one will be allowed to enter without a mask. He informed that neither food vendors nor bhog distribution will be part of the festivities this year, but a livestream will be done on his committee’s Facebook page like last year. Some organizing committees are delivering bhog to the people from door to door. Since not all devotees will be able to participate in the puja ceremony, Durga Puja committees are ensuring that they do not miss out on the festivities. The evening aarti and all other puja rituals will be telecast live on the social media pages of various committees. Chittaranjan Park (CR Park), known for its large Bengali community, will also observe this year in a silent manner as only 50 people will be allowed inside at a time.
Utpal Ghosh, former president of the puja committee and a resident of CR Park, said CCTV surveillance would be done to ensure this. Not more than 50 people are allowed inside at a time. The program can be run with 50 percent capacity and not more than 200 people are allowed. The maximum number in the open space will be decided according to the rules of the area and social distance. Besides, since there is very little time left for preparation, it will be a difficult task to make and decorate pandals at most places, said Utpal. Overall worship has to be done, but there will be no enjoyment, maybe some people will distribute prasad when they come out. During the second wave of COVID, Delhi was one of the most infected cities in the country, and many people lost their lives as a result, so the festival will be celebrated in a peaceful manner. The festive season will begin with Navratri starting in October and Durga Puja will be celebrated at the same time. This will be followed by Dussehra on 15 October and Diwali on 4 November.
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