The Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple Management Committee has decided that common devotees would be given entry in the Bhasmarti of Lord Mahakaleshwar from September 11. The decision was taken in a meeting of the committee organised under the guidance of Collector Ashish Singh at Brihaspati Bhavan on Friday.
Following social distancing, 50 per cent visitors of the total capacity will be given entry in Kartikeya and Ganesh Mandapam. No one will be allowed to enter the sanctum and Nandi hall.
Online booking for Bhasmarti will start from 10 am on 7th September. The admit cards for 150 offline persons will be issued a day before the counter on the principle of 'first come-first served'.
For online Bhasmarti, Rs 200 will have to be deposited as an offering. In order to strengthen the protocol system, the decision was approved to take an amount of `100 from every person who came to visit the protocol. Instructions have been given to implement the system soon.
In the meeting, ADM and Administrator Mahakaleshwar Temple Management Committee Narendra Suryavanshi, Superintendent of Police Satyendra Kumar Shukla, members of the Managing Committee Mahant Vineet Giri, Ashish Pujari, Deepak Mittal, Vijayshankar Sharma, Municipal Commissioner Kshitij Singhal, UDA CEO SS Rawat, Pradeep Pujari were present.