Kolkata's Belur Math to open for one day for devotees on Guru Purnima

Kolkata's Belur Math is to be open for one day for devotees on Guru Purnima.The math will remain open between 7:30 am and 11 am from 4 pm to 5:30 pm.

Keeping an eye on the Covid-19 cases  Kolkata's Iconic Belur Math is to be open only for a day for devotees on the occasion of Guru Purnima on (24 July). Belur Math authorities have decided the global headquarters of the Ram Krishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission will be open on July 24 on the occasion of Guru Purnima. According to the meeting of the Governing Council, they said, senior monks at the headquarters decided that visitors and devotees will be allowed inside the math compound only for a day. The math will remain open between 7:30 am and 11 am from 4 pm to 5:30 pm.

According to the statement by senior Monk "Devotees and visitors will be able to visit only the temple and offer pranam" Adding more it said that, "We hope that devotees and visitors would not loiter around unnecessarily on the math compound that day." Whereas, On the occasion of Guru Purnima, devotees will be able to meet senior monks but this time authorities have decided against the darshan of Swami Smaranananda meanwhile, the blessings of the senior monks to devotees will be premiered through pre-recorded video messages through the website and YouTube channel of Belur math.