Amidst the outbreak of the coronavirus, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stated that this year the followers of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar will not be allowed to visit Chaitya Bhumi in Dadar, Mumbai, to pay homage on his death anniversary.
However, the civic body has asserted that an online broadcast would be arranged for the same. Every year on December 6, lakhs of people across the country visit Chaitya Bhumi to pay their respects on his death anniversary. The day is observed as ‘Mahaparinirvan Diwas’. In view of the pandemic this year, the BMC has appealed to the citizens to pay respects to the stalwart differently. Moreover, earlier on Friday, November 20, BMC Additional Municipal Commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal visited Chaitya Bhumi to take stock of arrangements for December 6.
Mumbai’s civic body, the BMC had earlier set restrictions on the mass celebrations of Chhath Puja at natural water bodies in the city and asked devotees to avoid crowding in view of the pandemic. The festival dedicated to the Sun god was celebrated on Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21, by people who originally hail from north India and are residing in the metropolis.
However, like other festivities celebrated in the city, the BMC had issued guidelines about Chhath Puja celebrations on a mass scale to avoid the spread of the coronavirus infection. In the past, the annual festival used to see huge numbers of devotees thronging prominent beaches, river banks and other water bodies to make offerings to Sun god at sunrise and sunset.
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