Mysore/Mysuru, July 3 -- Entry to devotees banned

The second Ashada Friday celebration at Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill saw the deity being decorated with 'Nagalakshmi Alankara' for the second time, marking the special day of the Ashada month.

Due to COVID-19 lockdown regulations and as a crowd control measure to stop the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the district administration had banned entry of devotes to the temple. Also, all roads to the hill temple were blocked by the Police. The steps to the temple from the foothill too was sealed.

The rituals began with the performance of Mahanyasapoorvaka Abhisheka as early at 4.30 am in the presence of the temple Chief Priest Dr. N. Shashisekhar Dikshit. After the conclu...