{"id":2980,"date":"2017-08-26T09:32:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T09:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2017-08-26T09:32:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T09:32:25","slug":"sharp-dip-in-pilgrim-count-at-golden-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/sharp-dip-in-pilgrim-count-at-golden-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharp dip in pilgrim count at Golden Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amritsar,<br \/>\nThe verdict on Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had a mild impact in this part of the region though it did bring down the pilgrim count at the Golden Temple considerably.<\/p>\n<p>The Retreat ceremony, however, witnessed the routine turnout of spectators which ranges between 12,000 and 15,000, said a senior BSF official.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a decrease of at least 70 per cent of the footfall at the Golden Temple, said Roop Singh, SGPC general secretary.<\/p>\n<p>On an average, between 80,000 to 90,000 devotees visit the Sikh shrine daily. During festivals like Diwali, birth anniversaries of Sikh Gurus and other important events and holidays, the pilgrim count varies between 3 to 4 lakh.<\/p>\n<p>As an exception, the \u201cDarshani Deodi\u201d (entrance of the sanctum sanctorum), which normally is jam-packed with pilgrims in queue, and the \u201cparikarma\u201d wore a deserted look.<\/p>\n<p>Golden Temple manager Sulakhan Singh said the major reason for low footfall on Friday was the disruption of transport system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The footfall was at least 50 per cent lesser today. As far as langar is concerned, the preparation is a continuous process and is monitored three times in a day. The quantum of food material can be estimated beforehand depending on the turnout of devotees,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amritsar, The verdict on Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had a mild impact in this part of the region though [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2982,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980\/revisions\/2982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}