Ignoring district administration, SGPC’s appeal to devotees to watch live telecast of the procession amid pandemic, hundreds turned up without maintaining social distancing or wearing masks.
The procession, which began from Gurdwara Sri Ramsar Sahib and culminated at Golden Temple, took an hour to cover a distance of 1km. Most devotees were without masks and social distancing was not observed.
The hour-long procession started from Gurdwara Sri Ramsar Sahib and culminated at Golden Temple.Golden Temple head granthi Giani Jagtar Singh initiated the procession after ardas (offering prayers) at Gurdwara Sri Ramsar Sahib.
Shiromani
Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) functionaries, including senior
vice-president Rajinder Singh Mehta, were present.
The district administration declared a holiday in Amritsar on Wednesday on the occasion of the Parkash Purb.
Deputy
commissioner Gurpreet Singh Kehra appealed to people to celebrate the occasion
by staying home and ensuring safeguards to contain the spread of coronavirus
but his plea went unheard as devotees gathered in large numbers
The procession, which began from Gurdwara Sri Ramsar
Sahib and culminated at Golden Temple, took an hour to cover a distance of 1km.
Most devotees were without masks and social distancing was not observed.
RESPLENDENT
GLORY
On the occasion,
the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, Harmandar Sahib, was decorated with 30 tonnes
of flowers.
The floral
decoration has been done with 45 varieties of flowers brought from Kolkata,
Pune, Kerala and Bangalore.
According to the
SGPC, the floral decoration has been done by 80 artists from Uttar Pradesh. The
flowers have been provided by a devotee, KK Sharma.
An SGPC
spokesperson said the shrine will be illuminated on Wednesday night. He said
besides the deep mala (lighting of lamps and candles), a fireworks display is
planned for two minutes at the shrine.
