Amid novel coronavirus outbreak fears in India, a famous Hindu temple in Hyderabad has decided to conduct a special service to ward off the threat.

The Chilkur Balaji temple, filmed here on February 6, will be organising a special service of prayers on February 13 to pray for a cure for the coronavirus.

According to the head priest, the temple has been receiving a lot of requests from devotees to conduct special services for a variety of causes.

The famed temple has performed similar prayers in the past against the economic crisis, the agrarian crisis that led to farmer suicides across the country, and during the swine flu epidemic.

Amid novel coronavirus outbreak fears, a famous temple in Hyderabad has decided to conduct a special pooja to ward off the threat. The priests of Chilkur Balaji temple, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, will be joined by devotees for the Apamarjana Stotram and Sudarshana Ashtakam Thursday morning. Tomorrow at 10 am, to protect the country and the world from a disease that has no cure yet, we will pray to God to help us find ways to fight it. Sarvajwara Vinashaaya Sarvarogaapahaariney is an “Apaamaarjana” mantra that is recited by placing Lord Narasimha in water, the temple priest said. The Chilkur Balaji temple has performed similar prayers against the economic crisis, the agrarian crisis that led to farmer suicides, and at the time of a swine flu epidemic in the past.

The temple authorities have planned special prayers for an hour-and-a-half by invoking Lord Narasimha. The water the idol is placed in will be sprinkled around the temple. According to the head priest, the temple has been receiving a lot of requests from devotees to conduct special prayers. The Chilkur Balaji temple is especially popular among those who wish to go abroad, with the deity also known as Visa Balaji.