INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
VIJAYAWADA: For the first time after nine months, religious places and cine theatres experienced mass frenzy on Friday, marking the season
They followed Covid regulations while screening the movies while most have hung Housefull boards in the front much before the start of the
All churches in AP had remained close since late March, suspending all prayer services including the weekly congregations on Sunday
It further dropped to 500-600 per day three weeks ago, and the fall in infection rates is steady
celebrate Christmas this time too
Anand said the Coronavirus fears were thankfully subsiding by the time Christmas arrived
A majority of the faithful attended church prayers, and they did so by wearing masks.Pastor K
Bala Swamy said the wearing of masks and use of sanitisers were made mandatory at churches this time
Friday for the Uttara Dwara Darshan marking Vaikuntha Ekadasi
Narasimha Rao offered puja at the Venkateswara temple and minister for endowment Velampalli Srinivas Rao at Kotha Gullu in Vijayawada
YSR Congress Alla Ramakrishna Reddy stood in a general line at the Panakala Lakshmi Narasimha temple in Mangalagiri with family and had a
north-gate darshan.Priest Matham Subramanyam noted that it was after a gap of nine months that temples saw the presence of devotees
Devotees wore face mask and used sanitizer at entry and exit
