1K visit Mamallapuram, big crowd expected this weekend
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
15.12.2020
About 1,000 tourists visited the monuments at Mamallapuram on Monday, nine months after the heritage sites were shut following the outbreak of Covid-19. The number of visits on the first day was about 40% of entries recorded on pre-Covid weekdays, when an average of 2,000 to 3,000 explored the heritage site.
While visitors started trickling in from 9am, the numbers swelled post noon. Those entering the Shore Temple, Five Rathas, Krishna Butterball and Tiger Caves were subjected to thermal screening before their tickets were scanned. According to sources, most tourists visited all the monuments.
Archaeological Survey of India officials are expecting the number of entries to increase and reach the peak during weekends. There is a cap on the entry with an upper limit of 2,000 individuals a day in the light of Covid-19.
“If one goes by the number of people who thronged Mamallapuram on Sunday, when the monuments remained shut, it will be a packed weekend for the ASI monuments on coming Saturday and Sunday,” an official said.
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