Ambubachi Mela cancelled this year due to COVID-19 pandemic

GUWAHATI: Maaa Kamakhya Devalaya management committee issued a notification to announce that Ambubachi Mela has been cancelled this year due to COVID-19 pandemic. Ambubachi Mela held every year at Kamakhya temple is considered as the biggest religious gathering in the region and state as millions of devotees and visitors gather on this auspicious occasion.

The notification stated that due to the situation in the country arising out of global outbreak of coronavirus it has been decided to hold only the religious rituals of Ambubachi Mela this year and that no one should make arrangement for lending house on rent for Ambubachi Mela,” the notification said.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus cases in the country is 20,471 with 1,383 fresh ones reported in the past 24 hours, along with 50 new deaths, taking the toll to 652.

Prime Minister Modi has urged people to follow lockdown measures until May 3.

“Friends, keeping all the suggestions in mind, it has been decided that the lockdown in India will have to be extended till 3^rd May. That means until 3^rd May, each and every one of us, will have to remain in the lockdown. During this time, we must continue maintaining discipline in the way we have been doing till now,” he had said in his previous address to the nation.

“Therefore, we have to be very vigilant about hot-spots. We will have to keep a close and strict watch on the places which run the risk of becoming hot-spots. The creation of new hot-spots will further challenge our hard work and penance. Hence, let us extend the strictness and austerity in the fight against Corona for the upcoming one week,” he added.

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