Temples get ready to reopen
The Hindu
They will follow the same set of protocols as last time
Around 3,000 temples in and around Chennai are set to be reopened on Monday following the government decision to relax lockdown conditions. Temple authorities in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpettu districts have begun cleaning and sanitising temples and setting up barricades to form queues. “We will be following the same set of protocols as the last time. We will not allow people to prostrate or sit down inside the prakarams or touch idols on the walls or ring bells. Elders above 60 years of age, those with comorbities, children below 10 years of age and women who are pregnant will not be allowed inside,” said an official of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department.
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