Devotees pray from outside closed temples on Ram Navami

Devotees worship Lord Ram on the occasion of Ram Navami on Wednesday. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)

ISKCON members prepare food boxes to distribute among the needy and  underprivileged people  during lockdown in Kolkata. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

ISKCON members load food boxes in a police van to distribute among the needy and underprivileged people in Kolkata. (Express photo: Partha Paul)

A group of children wearing masks are on their way to a nearby house on the occasion of Ram Navami in Lucknow on Thursday. (Express photo: Vishal Srivastav)

A woman worships Lord Ram from outside a closed temple in Vadodara, India. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)

Devotees throng a closed temple in Vadodara on the occasion of Ram Navami. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)

The temples have been closed down due to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in India. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)

A devotee performs rituals on Ashtami, eighth day of Navratri festival at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna in Prayagraj, India, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

In this Wednesday, April 1, 2020 file photo, a Hindu devotee performs rituals on Ashtami, eighth day of Navratri festival at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna in Prayagraj, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

FILE - In this Sunday, March 25, 2012 file photo, a Hindu devotee prostrates as others stand in a queue inside the historical Kali Temple on the third day of the Navratri, or nine nights festival in Jammu, India. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)