E-token for entry to Mansa Devi temple
Arvind.Bishnoi1@timesgroup.com
Panchkula:07.10.2021
The nine-day Ashwin Navaratra celebrations begin from Thursday and Shri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board (SMMDSB) has made special arrangement from maintenance of law and order to the facilities given to the devotees, who come in large number from across the country to pay their obeisance at the Mata Mansa Devi temple in Panchkula and Kali Mata temple in Kalka. Entry at the temple will be allowed only through e-token system and special e-token counters have also been set up. However, no capping on the number of devotees is fixed. Random Covid sampling of devotees would be done.
The SMMDSB officials have stated that a devotee could obtain e-token from their website www.mansadevi.org.in or through the three counters setup by the administration at the bus stand of Mansa Devi Temple, HUDA shopping complex and near the library near the main temple entry. The counters will remain open from 6am to 10pm to assist the devotees.
For preferential darshan facility, an amount of Rs 50 to be paid through the SMMDSB website and 10-person at one time would be allowed to go through lifts at the temple.
During the nine-day Navaratras, 20 special buses for devotees from Zirakpur bus stand, Sector-17 and 43 bus stands in Chandigarh among free auto rickshaw and e-rickshaws for elderly and physically disabled would be run for the devotees during the festival. For following of Covid-19 protocol, e-tokens would be given to the devotees, but no cap on the number of devotees has been fixed so far.
For law and order, a sufficient number of cops, bomb disposal teams would be deployed, for fire safety, two fire tenders would be appointed atthe Mata Mansa Devi Temple throughout the festival. Chief executive officer of SMMDSB Yetender Sen Gupta said they were all set for the nine-day festival and all necessary arrangements had been made in advance.
Mansa Devi temple all decked up to receive devotees for Navaratra
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