New Delhi: Bihar’s Mahabodhi Temple in Gaya reopened for the general after nearly five months. The world heritage site had been closed since April this year because of the deadly second wave of coronavirus which compelled the state government to impose a state-wide lockdown. 

According to the secretary of Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC), Nangzey Dorjee,  the temple will remain open from 5 am to 9 pm on all days in the week. Dorjee has asked for cooperation from the devotees visiting the shrine. He also said that only 10 people will be permited to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the temple at a time and there is no entry in the temple campus without the mask.

Meanwhile, according to the official data issued by the Union Health Ministry, there are 107 active cases of COVID-19 in the state, whereas 9,650 people have succumbed to the infection so far. Earlier on August 25, the Bihar government had announced that shops, malls, religious places will open normally and cinema halls at 50 percent capacity seeking improvement in the COVID-19 situation in the state. 

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