{"id":1703,"date":"2020-03-21T19:22:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T13:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-global-press.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2020-03-21T19:22:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T13:52:16","slug":"tirumala-jagannath-temples-to-be-closed-from-friday-in-view-of-corona-virus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=1703","title":{"rendered":"Tirumala, Jagannath Temples to be closed from Friday, in view of Corona Virus Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\">For the first time in living memory, the Sri Venkateswara temple in\u00a0Tirumala\u00a0will be shut to devotees for a week starting Friday,<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/coronavirus-outbreak-tirumala-jagannath-temples-to-be-closed-from-friday\/articleshow\/74721090.cms\"> TOI<\/a> has reported<\/p>\n\n\n<p> The Sri Venkateswara temple in\u00a0Tirumala\u00a0will remain closed for the devotees for a week starting Friday, in view of possible corona virus outbreak. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Similarly the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/coronavirus-outbreak-tirumala-jagannath-temples-to-be-closed-from-friday\/articleshow\/74721090.cms\">Shri\u00a0Jagannath\u00a0temple <\/a>in Puri will remain closed till April 1 as part of a countrywide coronavirus-induced lockdown in public places.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Odisha has reported two cases of corona virus diagnosed as positive so far.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><br \/>However daily rituals will be conducted inside the sanctum sanctorium of two of India\u2019s holiest and most-visited shrines behind closed doors, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p> In Gujarat, the Sommath, Dwarka and Ambaji shrines will be indefinitely shut from Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\">image source: Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in living memory, the Sri Venkateswara temple in\u00a0Tirumala\u00a0will be shut to devotees for a week starting Friday, TOI has reported The Sri Venkateswara temple in\u00a0Tirumala\u00a0will remain closed for the devotees for a week starting Friday, in view of possible corona virus outbreak. Similarly the Shri\u00a0Jagannath\u00a0temple in Puri will remain closed till [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":1407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[129,95,192],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}