Gandhinagar: Minister of State, Home, Government of Gujarat, Pradipsinh Jadeja today called press here and announced that the State government has decided to permit Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad with provision of curfew on route and ban on prasad distribution. Home minister Amit Shah will attend Mangala aarti at mandir in the morning while Chief Minister Rupani will perform Pahind ceremony in presence of Dy CM Nitin Patel and limited number of people. Jadeja appealed people not to gather to witness Rath Yatra in person and watch it only through Doordarshan in live telecast mode. He said only five vehicles consisting nishan, danka, three Raths, Mahant/Trustee vehicle will be allowed to participate in Rath Yatra. Khalasi youths who conventionally pull three Raths will require to be those who are vaccinated and RTPCR negative. The present during Rath Yatra will be limited to pujaris and other prescribed persons. Elephants, tableau trucks, akhada, bhajan mandlis etc are not permitted to participate in Rath Yatra procession this year. DeshGujarat

Rathyatra- 2021 by DeshGujarat