COVID-19: Kamakhya Temple in Assam Reopens For Devotees After 7 Months

Devotees began to visit the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam as the shrine reopened its door after nearly seven months of COVID-19 restrictions. However, the devotees have only been allowed to perform the 'parikrama' while the sanctum sanctorum remained out of bounds.

A priest, face covered with a cloth waits for devotees at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati, Assam. (Image: AP)

A devotee stands inside a disinfectant tunnel before entering the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

A security person sits wearing a mask at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

Indian devotees wearing face masks pray at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

Indian devotees wearing face masks pray at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

A volunteer offers hand sanitizer to a devotee arriving at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

A priest wearing face mask waits for devotees at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

Indian devotees wearing face masks pray at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

A girl poses with her brother as her father, takes their photographs at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

Goats offered by devotees walk down a flight of stairs as a priest stands wearing a face mask at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

A labourer carries bricks on his back at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

A goat offered by a devotee stands next to a security guard at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)

A priest sanitizes his hands at the Kamakhya Hindu temple in Gauhati. (Image: AP)