Representatives of Panda Dharmarakshini Sabha, Deoghar met Chief Minister Hemant Soren here on Thursday. They urged the Chief Minister to open the Baba Baidyanath Temple for the public to visit. They requested the CM to consider allowing a limited number of devotees to offer prayers and offer water in the temple, keeping in mind the Corona epidemic, following social distancing and Covid-19 protocols.
The Chief Minister said that with Baba's blessings the Government is successful in controlling Covid-19, but the danger is not over yet. In such a situation, after assessing all the things related to Corona, the decision to open the temple for common devotees would be taken.
“Current focus of the Government is to control the infection of coronavirus. People of Deoghar, including the Panda community, are facing problems due to closure of the temple for devotees. The Gover-nment is taking many steps to cooperate with the Panda community, so that they do not face financial problems,” he said.
Secretary to the Chief Minister, Vinay Kumar Choubey, President, Panda Dharma Laxmi Sabha, Dr Suresh Bhardwaj, General Secretary Karthik Nath Thakur, Vice-Presidents Sanjay Mishra and Manoj Mishra, Minister Arunanand Jha and Treasurer Devendra Khawade were present on the occasion.