Don't step out for 'Hanuman Jayanti', 'Shab-e-Barat': Ajit
Pawar also appealed to members of the Muslim communityto observe 'Shab-e-Barat', when they visit graveyards toremember the dead, by offering prayers at their homes onWednesday.
"Today, to protect the people from coronavirus, noneneeds to (step out of home and) lift hills. Instead, theyshould stay inside their homes on the occasion of HanumanJayanti (to contain the spread of the viral disease)," anofficial statement quoted Pawar as saying.
According to the epic Ramayan, when Lord Ram's brotherLaxman lay motionless after being hit by an arrow from demonRavana's son Meghnad, Lord Hanuman was asked to bring a herb'Sanjivani' (a kind of panacea) to restore the life in thewounded Laxman from the Dronagiri mountain.
Unable to locate the 'Sanjivani', Lord Hanuman liftedthe entire mountain and flew back.
Wishing people on the occasion of the World HealthDay, Pawar said that people should celebrate their festivalsby staying inside their homes until further notice.
Noting that the government has sealed certain areas toprevent transmission of the coronavirus, Pawar said that theviolators will be jailed.
"The government will not take further risk oncoronavirus. Serious offences will be registered against thoseresponsible for the spread of coronavirus and they will haveto suffer the consequences of it," he stated. ENMNSK NSK