After people were seen flocking together to a newly built‘Corona Temple’, a joint team of Uttar Pradesh police and administrationdemolished the temple from Juhi Shukulapur village in the Pratapgarh districton Friday night.
A probe is also underway to track record of theconstruction of the ‘Corona Mata’ temple in the village.
According to Inspector General of Police, Prayagrajrange, KP Singh, when the cops came to know about the temple constructionimmediately team was rushed to the village to remove ‘Corona Mata’ temple onFriday night. This move, however, has come in connection to keep people at bayfrom superstitious activities.
With an aim to spread awareness, IG Singh added thatpolice teams have been sent to the village to create awareness regarding thecontagious Covid-19.
Going by the media reports, ‘Corona Mata’ temple was establishedthree days back in Shuklapur village where hundreds of villagers gathered tooffer prayers to the goddess to ward off deadly infection.
A white idol named ‘Corona Mata’ has also been brought tothe temple. Notably, the idol, to which people were seen offering prayers andsweets, also wears a face mask.
It was the collective efforts of the villagers to bringup this temple.
“Villagers collectively decided and set up the templewith belief that praying to the deity would certainly offer respite to peoplefrom the coronavirus, which has claimed thousands of lives,” said a villager.
In the temple, people have also been asked to follow theCovid-19 appropriate behavior like social distancing, face mask, while offeringprayers.