Bhubaneswar, April 7 -- Berhampur: The Ganjam district administration has issued fresh guidelines for devotees visiting Tara Tarini Temple for darshan and for the ongoing Chaitra Mela in view of the rising cases of Covid-19 in the State as well as in the district.

As per the new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), the Tara Tarini Temple will open for six days in the week. The temple will remain closed on Wednesdays for complete sanitisation of the shrine.

Similarly, night time sanitisation will be conducted twice a week after the closure of the temple for public darshan.

The district administration has prohibited the arrangement of feasts outside and in the nearby areas of the temple. This apart, the ritual of tonsuring children's head...