Keepingin view the rising number of cases in the district as well as the state, the cityresidents would be forced to once again give a miss to their favouritereligious activities.
OnMay 1 and 2, Nakodar’s famous Dera Baba Murad Shah mela was scheduled to takeplace, however, due to rising covid cases and ban on gatherings, devotees willnot be allowed to attend the fair physically, instead the trust members willorganise a live telecast through facebook and youtube.
Thisis the second time the famous mela will be telecasted online. The fair is beingorganised every year in the memory of Baba Laddi Shah ji in May and then inSeptember again. The trust members have appealed to the devotees to watch the proceedingsonline and follow the tradition of covering their head very much like how theyvisit the shrine.
Meanwhile,the news has not gone down well with the devotees as they have been waiting soeagerly to attend the festivities. “I am disappointed that for many weeks now Iam unable to go to pay my obeisance. But the situation is quite dangerous andit is not good for people to gather in large number”, said a devotee fromJalandhar.
Hesaid many people from Jalandhar and nearby areas especially go for the mela.However, this time again we had to contend ourselves by watching the ritualsbeing performed online.