Photos: Religious sites, restaurants and malls reopen with restrictions

India reopened on June 8 under Unlock 1-- the first phase of easing of restrictions in place under the coronavirus lockdown. Although coronavirus cases in India are rising at a rapid rate, the first phase of lifting lockdown restrictions included shopping malls, restaurants, and places of worship reopening to the public in most parts of the country. A stringent set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are also placed for public spaces reopening in non-containment zones to check the spread of the virus.

Updated on: Jun 08, 2020 9:04 PM IST

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A member of staff adjusts the mask on a mannequin at a store inside a shopping mall in Amritsar, Punjab on June 8. Shopping malls, restaurants, places of worship reopened in most parts of India on June 8 as states gear up to implement Unlock 1--the first phase of easing of restrictions in place under the coronavirus lockdown since March 25. (PTI)

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Devotees offer prayers while maintaining social distance in Jama Masjid after it reopened to the public in New Delhi. The opening of places of worship is the first of the three-phase plan for reopening of prohibited activities in non-containment zones with a stringent set of Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs) which will be in place till June 30. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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Customers eat their meals at tables divided with transparent panels in a restaurant in Bengaluru. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

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A man prays inside the ISKCON temple in Ahmedabad. However, amid this phased unlocking, the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple, the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, Mathura’s Banke Bihar temple and Panchkula’s Mansa Devi temple and Asifi mosque in Lucknow, remained closed to the public, reported Hindustan. (Amit Dave / REUTERS)

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A waiter wearing a face shield and a mask poses for a photograph while serving food at a restaurant in Bengaluru. The reopening of public spaces comes as India’s tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19 ) has risen and it is now the fifth most-affected country in the world. India’s count rose to 246,628 on June 7 after 9,971 cases were reported in 24 hours, the highest single-day rise yet, reported HT. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

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Visitors enjoy their meal at BarBQ restaurant in Park Street, Kolkata. Most economic activities reopened on June 8 outside containment zones in the country’s big urban centres, including Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. However, Chennai, Mumbai and Gurugram will continue to see restrictions in view of mounting cases of Covid-19. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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A beautician wearing protective gear tends to a customer wearing a protective face shield inside a salon in a shopping mall in Ahmedabad. (Amit Dave / REUTERS)

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A man dressed as Hindu deity Lord Hanuman, dances inside the Hanuman temple that reopened to devotees in Connaught Place, New Delhi. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)