Kalasa Yatra participants violate Covid restrictions

The procession was held at Krushnachhai village in Ganjam district in Odisha as part of a ceremony at the Laxmi Nrusingha Temple.

Berhampur (Odisha):Even as COVID-19 is expanding its fatal footprint across Odisha and the country, hundreds of women, in blatant violation of the COVID-19 guidelines, took part in Kalasa Yatra to the sound of thumping music, carrying holy water-filled pitchers on their heads in a procession. They were participating in the installation ceremony of a temple at Krushnachhai village in Ganjam district.

The matter came to light after a video of the event went viral. The video shows the participants in the Kalasa Yatra without masks and maintaining social distance.

Police, on learning about the procession, ordered curbs in the area and Laxmi Nrusingha Temple, where the installation ceremony was organized, was sealed.