Surging Covid Forces Ban On Entry Of Public In Ganga Aarti In Varanasi

Varanasi, January 10 (TNA) With growing cases of Covid, the district administration is also getting stricter with protocols related to the pandemic. On Monday, officials decided that the world famous Ganga Aarti will now on be only done symbolically.

The entry of public in the evening aarti which in better days drew thousands of people and tourists every day will be banned now. Till further orders based on improvement in conditions with regards to the pandemic, a decision will be taken in future, an official said.

He further informed that instead of seven brahmins who used to perform the evening Ganga aarti, now only one would do it.