Letter to BS: Why not a digital bhoomi pujan for Ram temple in Ayodhya?

Ma­harashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thakeray has also suggested an e-bhoomi pujan

Nearly 200 people are scheduled to attend the bhoomi pujan (laying of foundation stone) for the Ram temple in Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5. Is it necessary to have a physical bhoomi pujan amid the Covid-19 pande­mic? No doubt the feelings of many are attached to this ceremony now that it is happening after a long legal fight. But we are seeing a day to day rise in the number of Covid-19 cases. On on July 26, the Prime Minister said that Covid-19 was as fatal today as it was in the beginning.

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