Junior priest at Ayodhya Ram temple
tests positive
Police personnel at makeshift shrine also infected
An assistant of the head
priest of the makeshift Ram
Janmabhoomi temple in
Ayodhya has tested positive
for COVID19. Around a dozen police personnel posted
at the Ram Janmabhoomi
complex have also tested
positive, sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is scheduled to participate in the bhoomi pujan
(groundbreaking ceremony) for the Ram temple to be
constructed at the site of the
Babri Masjid, which was demolished by kar sevaks on
December 6, 1992.
Acharya Satyendra Das,
the courtappointed head
priest of the makeshift temple, confirmed that his assistant Pradeep Das had tested
positive. Mr. Satyendra Das
and other priests at the temple have tested negative.
According to the State government, Ayodhya recorded 417 active cases and 13
deaths due to COVID19 till
July 30, with 59 new cases
over the last 24 hours.
Last week, Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had visited Ayodhya to
review preparations for the
groundbreaking ceremony.
While performing a ritual,
Mr. Satyendra Das and Mr.
Pradeep Das were seen
standing in close proximity
to the Chief Minister.
The Acharya said a separate set of priests, including
some from Varanasi, would
conduct the bhoomi pujan
on August 5. He added that
testing of priests at the Ram
Janmabhoomi complex
would continue till August 5.
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