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Dip in devotees’ footfall at Golden Temple
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) senior vice-president Rajinder Singh Mehta said the decrease in the footfall was evident after the government suspended several flights to Amritsar.
The Golden Temple on Tuesday witnessed a dip in the footfall of devotees even as the shrine was kept open for visitors unlike other major places of worship in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) senior vice-president Rajinder Singh Mehta said the decrease in the footfall was evident after the government suspended several flights to Amritsar.
“The second reason is that everyone is being advised to stay at home,” he said.
There was no significant rush of devotees from the darshani deori to the sanctum sanctorum on Tuesday.
“Foreign tourists who come here in large numbers were hardly seen today. Devotees from other states were also fewer in number. Most of the devotees are from Punjab”, said an SGPC employee deployed at the Parikarma of the shrine.
