Despite only online booking of darshan slots allowed at Siddhivinayak Temple in view of the COVID-19 guidelines, a number of agents are found selling QR codes for darshan right outside the temple premises for Rs 300-Rs 500. A mid-day team visited the temple on Wednesday to find out how this is happening. 

As per rules, online booking for darshan slots opens on every Thursday at 7 am and closes at 7 pm and one can book a slot for any day of the following week. Generally, around 84,000 such passes are booked for each week. When the mid-day team tried to book a slot, no slots were available.