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India Lockdown: All Places Of Worship Shut For Public, No Religious Congregations To Be Permitted Without Any Exception

Swarajya Staff

Mar 24, 2020, 10:10 PM | Updated 10:10 PM IST

Namaz at Gurugram highway (representative image) (Manoj Kumar/Hindustan via Getty Images)

During the 21-day lockdown, Union Home Ministry has stipulated that

1. All places of worship shall be closed for public. No religious congregations will becpermitted, without any exception.

2.All social/ political/ sports/ entertainment/ academic/ cultural/ religious functions / gatherings shall be barred.

3. In case of funerals, congregation of not more than twenty persons will be permitted.

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