Residents of BDD Chawl created effigies of Coronasur and another of a rapist being hanged for committing crimes against women
An effigy of Coronasur at Worli in Mumbai. All pictures/Ashish Raje
Amid the coronavirus scare, citizens of BDD Chawl in Mumbai Worli burnt an effigy of 'Coronasur' on the occasion of Holika Dahan. Holika Dahan, which is also known as Chhoti Holi is one of the most significant rituals which is conducted a day before Holi is played with colours.
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The effigy of 'Coronasur'
On Chhoti Holi, people light up a fire and perform Parikrama and take a round around the fire. In Mumbai, the residents of BDD Chawl created effigies of Coronasur and another of a rapist being hanged for committing crimes against women.
The effigy of a criminal that read: Hang the rapist!
Both the effigies were burnt on Monday when thousands of residents of Worli's BDD Chawl took part in the Holika Dahan celebrations. While the coronasur effigy was made by Veer Netaji Krida Mandal at 79/49 BDD Chawl, the #HangTheRapist effigy was made by residents of Shree Vvighnaharta Sarvajannik Ganesh Utsav Mandal.
A picture of the Coronasur effigy was also shared on Twitter by news agency ANI. Since the time it was shared, the post has taken netizens by surprise with hundreds of Twitterati taking to the comments section of the post to express their anger against the deadly infection.
One user wrote, "Corona: am I joke to you," while another read, "quite handsome." While a third user commented, "Who said Indians are not creative?"
Here are some of the best reactions:
Reaction of #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/Bthr5SnRT1
— SamFaiz (@sameerfaizan) March 9, 2020
Corona: am i joke to youðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0098µ pic.twitter.com/kf4GmfJj6b
— sandeep ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fªÂÂÂu00c2u0090 (@Dehru_) March 9, 2020
Corona Virus be like: pic.twitter.com/U7xvGn7y9y
— Desi Engineer (@Engihumor) March 9, 2020
#CoronaVirus seeing its effigy - pic.twitter.com/XRyTsbWwe1
— ðÂÂÂu00c2u009dÂÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂÂu00c2u0088ÊÂÂÂu00c2u009fá´ÂÂÂu00c2u009bá´ÂÂÂu00c2u0087Я ÆÂÂÂu00c2u008eÉ¢à¹ÂÂÂu00c2u008f ãÂÂÂu00c2u0083ÂÂÂu00c2u0084 (@Alter_Ego45) March 9, 2020
Now #coronavirus will burn like holika ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂÂu00c2u0082ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂÂu00c2u0082ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂÂu00c2u0082ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂÂu00c2u0082#HappyHoli
— Partinder Kaur (@Partinderkaur) March 9, 2020
So far, in Maharashtra, there has been no positive case of coronavirus but 15 people have been kept under observation across the state. An official statement has now put the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 43. There have been no deaths due to COVID-19 in India, reports PTI.
With inputs from ANI
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