Temples of Mathura-Vrindavan opened with lockdown exemption in Uttar Pradesh

All the temples of Mathura district have started opening from Tuesday after the state government got permission to start markets and other business activities due to a significant decrease in the cases of corona virus infection in Uttar Pradesh. The state government has given permission to resume common markets and other business activities from Tuesday. In these temples, the rule of online registration of Shri Krishna Janmasthan Mandir and Vrindavan released before the world famous Thakur Banke Bihari lockdown is also being followed. At the same time, it has been decided to open another prominent temple of Mathura Thakur Dwarkadhish temple from Wednesday for devotees. Kapil Sharma, secretary of Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan, said, “All the temples of Shri Krishna Janmasthan have opened from 7 am on Tuesday. Which will remain open till 12 noon and from 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm.” He said, “As per the Covid guidelines, arrangements for thermal scanning, sanitizers etc. have been made at the entrances for the convenience of the visitors and simultaneously. Only five devotees are being given entry into the temple. “Munish Sharma, the manager of the Banke Bihari temple, said,” The temple has opened since today, but registration is required for the darshan. “Umesh Saraswat, general manager of the temple told , “The temple will be accessible from 5:30 am to 7 am and the temple will be closed on Saturday and Sunday as per the government order.” The managers of the ISKCON temple in Vrindavan said, “The temple opened from 9 am Gaya and devotees will be able to have darshan till one o’clock in the afternoon. There will be a darshan time from 4 to 6:30 pm in the evening. ÓÓ At the same time, the media in-charge of Dwarkadhish temple in Mathura said, “The temple will have darshan of Thakurji twice in the morning and twice in the evening during special tableaux. The first tableau will be held from 8.15 to 9.15 in the morning and the second tableau will be from 10.15 to 11.00 in the morning. The temple will be open for evening tableau from quarter to five and quarter past five and quarter to six in the evening.