<p>The Gurdwara Hazur Sahib at Nanded was on Friday sealed by local authorities after several pilgrims who returned to Punjab after visiting the shrine tested coronavirus positive, officials said.</p>.<p>The Gurdwara Langar Sahib in the premises, which serves food to all visitors, has also been closed, they said.</p>.<p>Hazur Sahib, also known as Takht Hazuri Sahib Sachkhand, is among the holiest Sikh shrines in the country.</p>.<p>At least 115 of the over 3,500 pilgrims who returned from the Nanded gurdwara have tested positive for coronavirus, according to Punjab government figures.</p>.<p>"The gurdwara and langar (community kitchen) have been closed from Friday," the official at Nanded said.</p>.<p>Gurdwara superintendent Gurvinder Singh Wadhwa said, "District and civic officials reached the gurdwara in the morning on Friday and directed that it be closed and the langar service be stopped."</p>.<p>The batch of pilgrims who left from Nanded to Punjab had been tested at the local government hospital for the virus and none showed any symptoms, he said.</p>.<p>The pilgrims had made halts at Indore, one of the country's worst coronavirus-affected cities, Bhilwara and Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, and Bhatinda in Punjab en route, gurdwara functionaries said.</p>.<p>Baba Balwinder Singh of Langar Sahib said there are some 175 people from different states in the complex. </p>
<p>The Gurdwara Hazur Sahib at Nanded was on Friday sealed by local authorities after several pilgrims who returned to Punjab after visiting the shrine tested coronavirus positive, officials said.</p>.<p>The Gurdwara Langar Sahib in the premises, which serves food to all visitors, has also been closed, they said.</p>.<p>Hazur Sahib, also known as Takht Hazuri Sahib Sachkhand, is among the holiest Sikh shrines in the country.</p>.<p>At least 115 of the over 3,500 pilgrims who returned from the Nanded gurdwara have tested positive for coronavirus, according to Punjab government figures.</p>.<p>"The gurdwara and langar (community kitchen) have been closed from Friday," the official at Nanded said.</p>.<p>Gurdwara superintendent Gurvinder Singh Wadhwa said, "District and civic officials reached the gurdwara in the morning on Friday and directed that it be closed and the langar service be stopped."</p>.<p>The batch of pilgrims who left from Nanded to Punjab had been tested at the local government hospital for the virus and none showed any symptoms, he said.</p>.<p>The pilgrims had made halts at Indore, one of the country's worst coronavirus-affected cities, Bhilwara and Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, and Bhatinda in Punjab en route, gurdwara functionaries said.</p>.<p>Baba Balwinder Singh of Langar Sahib said there are some 175 people from different states in the complex. </p>