{"id":1815,"date":"2020-03-24T18:20:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T12:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-global-press.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2020-03-24T18:20:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T12:50:49","slug":"varanasis-sankat-mochan-hanuman-temple-closed-till-march-25-to-arrest-corona-virus-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=1815","title":{"rendered":"Varanasi&#039;s Sankat Mochan Hanuman temple closed till March 25 to arrest Corona Virus spread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\"> &#8220;The temple is closed for the devotees till March 25, however, the &#8216;bhog-arti&#8217; and prayers would continue as usual. Further decisions would be taken after consultation with district administration,&#8221; Vishwambhar Nath Mishra, Mahant, Sankat Mochan temple, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/national\/general-news\/covid-19-varanasis-sankat-mochan-hanuman-temple-closed-till-march-2520200321090210\/\">ANI News<\/a> has reported. <\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Varanasi<\/strong>: Varanasi&#8217;s Sankat Mochan Hanuman temple closed its premises for tourists and pilgrims from Saturday till March 25 to contain the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The temple is closed for the devotees till March 25, however, the &#8216;bhog-arti&#8217; and prayers would continue as usual. Further decisions would be taken after consultation with district administration,&#8221;  said Shri Vishwambhar Nath Mishra, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/national\/general-news\/covid-19-varanasis-sankat-mochan-hanuman-temple-closed-till-march-2520200321090210\/\">Mahant<\/a>, Sankat Mochan temple.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Kashi Vishwanath Temple to remain closed for devotees from tomorrow till March 24, in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak. However, routine prayers by priests would continue,&#8221; said Kaushal Raj Sharma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/national\/general-news\/covid-19-varanasis-sankat-mochan-hanuman-temple-closed-till-march-2520200321090210\/\">Varanasi District Magistrate.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\">image Source: holidayiq.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The temple is closed for the devotees till March 25, however, the &#8216;bhog-arti&#8217; and prayers would continue as usual. Further decisions would be taken after consultation with district administration,&#8221; Vishwambhar Nath Mishra, Mahant, Sankat Mochan temple, ANI News has reported. Varanasi: Varanasi&#8217;s Sankat Mochan Hanuman temple closed its premises for tourists and pilgrims from Saturday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":1816,"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],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815"}],"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=1815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}