IndiaAurangabad, May 1 () The Gurdwara Hazur Sahib atNanded was on Friday sealed by local authorities after severalpilgrims who returned to Punjab after visiting the shrinetested coronavirus positive, officials said.
The Gurdwara Langar Sahib in the premises, whichserves food to all visitors, has also been closed, they said.
Hazur Sahib, also known as Takht Hazuri SahibSachkhand, is among the holiest Sikh shrines in the country.
At least 115 of the over 3,500 pilgrims who returnedfrom the Nanded gurdwara have tested positive for coronavirus,according to Punjab government figures.
"The gurdwara and langar (community kitchen) havebeen closed from Friday," the official at Nanded said.
Gurdwara superintendent Gurvinder Singh Wadhwa said,"District and civic officials reached the gurdwara in themorning on Friday and directed that it be closed and thelangar service be stopped."
The batch of pilgrims who left from Nanded to Punjabhad been tested at the local government hospital for the virusand none showed any symptoms, he said.
The pilgrims had made halts at Indore, one of thecountry's worst coronavirus-affected cities, Bhilwara andHanumangarh in Rajasthan, and Bhatinda in Punjab en route,gurdwara functionaries said.
Baba Balwinder Singh of Langar Sahib said there aresome 175 people from different states in the complex. AWBNM VTVT VT