Santiniketan: The weekly prayer (upasana) was performed at Kach Mandir on the Visva-Bharati premises on Wednesday after a long break.

The prayer at the temple had been suspended since March 18 due to the Covid pandemic.

Santiniketan Ashram was set up by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore as a seat of Bramha dharma . Since the very beginning of Santiniketan, the weekly upasana at the temple was a part of Visva-Bharati culture.

The vice-chancellor of the university, Bidyut Chakrabarty and medical super of the university hospital, Anirban Dasgupta, presided over the prayer meet, paying recognition to the frontline corona warriors

The prayer was conducted following Covid directive

Chakraborty said, “Following the ideals of Tagore, we have tried to stand beside the needy during the crisis caused by the pandemic and the lockdown. We are distributing relief materials among them twice a week. Visva-Bharati is the only university where an isolation centre, a fever clinic and other arrangements have been set up.” The students of Sangeet Bhavana (the school of music) at Visva Bharati sang during the prayer.