Too disappointed! Covid infects and dies more every day, Indians are not afraid to celebrate religion

    As of Sunday, millions of Indians continued to bathe in the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district during the Hindu festival of Ganga Dussehra, despite a ban on public gatherings. Declared by the state government. This comes after another Hindu festival, the Kumbh Mela, a major pilgrimage and festival held in Haridwar district in Uttarakhand in April, is said to be one of the main reasons for the expansion. Rapidly spreading the second wave of Covid 19 disease. Although the Uttar Pradesh government has allowed the opening of supermarkets and restaurants in the state after two months of closure, the district administration has banned bathing in the Ganges during the Ganga Dussehra festival.

"According to government guidelines, only five people are allowed at a time at a religious venue," the state government said. With this in mind, bathing during the Ganga Dussehra festival was banned due to the Covid 19 pandemic. In addition, the Uttarakhand government has decided to celebrate the festival symbolically, and the Haridwar border is closed on this holiday. It should be noted that the Ganga Dussehra festival is the day when the deity of the Ganges River descends from heaven to earth. Religious people believe that bathing in the river on the day of the feast will take away their sins and also cure physical ailments, especially the disease of Covid 19.