Photos: India reopens religious places even as COVID cases rise

Amritsar: A worker wearing a face shield sprays disinfectant at Golden Temple after the authorities permitted opening of all religious places, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Amritsar, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo)(PTI08-06-2020_000090B)
New Delhi: Devotees walk through a sanitizing chamber at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib after the authorities permitted opening of all religious places with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of COVID-19 lockdown, in New Delhi, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)(PTI08-06-2020_000102B)
New Delhi: Hand sanitizers inside Gurudwara Bangla Sahib for devotees after the authorities permitted opening of all religious places with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of COVID-19 lockdown, in New Delhi, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)(PTI08-06-2020_000104B)
New Delhi: Devotees offer ‘namaz-e-janaza’ for victims of COVID-19 at Jama Masjid after religious places reopened with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in New Delhi, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan)(PTI08-06-2020_000106B)
New Delhi: Muslim devotees offer ‘Zohar namaz’ while maintaining social distancing norms at Jama Masjid after all religious places reopened with restrictions, during the fifth phase of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in New Delhi, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan)(PTI08-06-2020_000107B)
New Delhi: Devotees perform ablution before offering Zohar namaz at Jama Masjid after the authorities permitted opening of all religious places with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)(PTI08-06-2020_000122B)
Kolkata: A nun wearing a face mask offers prayers at a church after the authorities permitted opening of all religious places with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Kolkata, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)(PTI08-06-2020_000130B)
Kolkata: Devotees offer prayers at a church after the authorities permitted opening of all religious places with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Kolkata, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)(PTI08-06-2020_000131B)
New Delhi: Drummers welcome a man dressed as Lord Hanuman as he celebrates the opening of Hanuman temple after a gap of more than 70 days, during the fifth phase of COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)(PTI08-06-2020_000132B)
New Delhi: Workers draw circles on a road outside Jama Masjid to help devotees maintain social distancing, as religious places are set to reopen tomorrow, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Old Delhi, Sunday, June 7, 2020. (PTI Photo)(PTI07-06-2020_000249B)
New Delhi:Workers construct a shade for devotees at Bangla Sahib Gurudwara ahead of its reopening, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi, Sunday, June 7, 2020. (PTI Photo)(PTI07-06-2020_000255B)
Lucknow: Devotees undergo thermal screening at Mankameshwar temple after all religious places are open with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar) (PTI08-06-2020_000027B)
Lucknow: Devotees offer prayers at Cathedral church after all religious places are open with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)(PTI08-06-2020_000032B)
**EDS: RPT (CORRECTS DETAILS FROM MOSQUE TO MAUSOLEUM)** Lucknow: Devotees offer a tomb sheet at a mausoleum after all religious places are open with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)(PTI08-06-2020_000040B)
Prayagraj: Devotees walk through sanitizing tunnels at Bade Hanumanji temple after the authorities permitted to open all religious places with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Prayagraj, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo)(PTI08-06-2020_000044B)
Prayagraj: Devotees respecting social distancing norms arrive to offer prayers at Goddess Alopi Devi Shakti Peeth temple after the authorities permitted to open all religious places with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Prayagraj, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo)(PTI08-06-2020_000050B)
New Delhi: A police personnel conducts thermal screening of a devotee entering Jama Masjid, after authorities allowed reopening of all religious places with certain restrictions in the fifth phase of COVID-19 lockdown, in Old Delhi, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)(PTI08-06-2020_000138B)
New Delhi: A devotee undergoes thermal screening at the entrance of Hanuman temple after the authorities permitted opening of all religious places with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi, Monday, June 8, 2020. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)(PTI08-06-2020_000152B)