Joint Commissioner of Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple N Natarajan said that the state health department has issued a notification on precautions to be taken against the fast-spreading COVID-19, TOI has reported.

MADURAI: Major temples in southern Tamil Nadu including Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple and Palani Dandayudhapani temple have issued advisories with regard to Covid-19. While Meenakshi Temple has entrusted the task of identifying people with symptoms of infection to its employees, the Palani Temple has asked people with such symptoms to refrain from coming there.

Joint Commissioner of Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple N Natarajan said that the state health department has issued a notification on precautions to be taken against the fast-spreading COVID-19.

People who are sick and have symptoms of fatigue, breathlessness, fever or cough have been asked to avoid crowded places. Temple employees have been asked to be on the alert and on spotting anyone with these symptoms they are to make them wear the mask provided by the temple.

The JC said that they cannot ask devotees to stop coming and that the employees in ticketing section and other places inside the temple had been told to be on alert.

On the other hand, the administration of the Palani Dandayudhapani temple has asked people with cold, cough and fever to reschedule their pilgrimage plans.

The temple authorities have expressed their worries with respect to the famous Panguni Uthiram Festival that is expected to start wth flag hoisting in the end of March.