Hello everyone,
Is there any of you or your family member, friends recently travelled to India (Jul/Aug/Sep) and came back? Would like to know if there were any issues or constraints during the trip. I have to go to India for an annual ritual during end Oct and coming back in mid nov'20. Just wanted to know if there are any restrictions or constraints during this COVID times I need to take care, considering am on L1 Visa.
Thanks for your guidance.
More info can be obtained from face book group "Travel from USA to India
But be prepared for a 14 day quarantine, if you are landing in Chennai - Tamilnadu (irrespective of whether you get a PCR clearance certificate from here or not) since it is an opportunity to get commission by some vested groups, in the name of CORONA CARE by making you to stay compulsorily for a minimum period of a week in a hotel and allow you to move out with a promise that you will be on self quarantine,at home for another week. Be prepared for spending minimum 30K. per member.
If inland travel involved, you may take a car and go since public transport is still not in operation for may part
Apart from that you need to be sure whether the airport is in operation and international flights are allowed to land
In the current uncertainties like VISA and Immigration issues, it is better to do rituals here, in your place itself. If you cannot get a sasthrigal, better do it by yourself.
Simply do tharpanam like amavasya (allowed by sathrasa, at the worst possible circumstances) observe fast for the night if you can not do it for the whole day, avoid activities prohibited by our scriptures (as indicated in this forum by Mr Kopalan)
It is all the more important that you must have commitment (shradha) towards your forefathers than doing all this rituals
Even in India many places they started doing it online since sasthrigals are not willing to take risks. or do hiranyam
This is my suggestion only