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We look forward to welcoming you back to Skanda Vale. We have a number of restrictions to safeguard our guests and residents. Passes must be pre-booked online, with no exceptions. Each individual member of your group must have a valid ticket.

To protect devotees and the resident community, we ask everyone to take a lateral flow test before coming on pilgrimage.
If anyone in your group has COVID symptoms please do not come on pilgrimage.
You must wear a face mask in all indoor spaces at Skanda Vale. We do not provide face masks.
If you would like a short overnight stay (less than 4 nights) please book at Skanda Hafan our new guesthouse located just 2.5 miles from the temple.
Whilst every reasonable precaution has been taken to minimize the risk of spreading COVID, a residual risk remains. Anybody travelling to Skanda Vale accepts that risk willingly.

Our daily program

04:30 to 11:30 – Early-morning program

04:30 – Arrive at Skanda Vale.
05:00 – Go to the white marquee near reception where you will watch the puja on a screen outside the Lord Murugan Temple. Face masks must be worn.
05:45 to 06:00 – Escorted small groups are taken inside the Lord Murugan Temple for darshan. (Devotees have to be vegetarian for 3 days to enter the Temple and wear face masks).
06:00 – Walk to Maha Shakti Temple. (A strictly limited number of seats are available in a minibus, reserved for elderly and disabled pilgrims only. Face masks must be worn).
06:30 – Attend puja from the white marquee outside the Maha Shakti Temple. Face masks must be worn.
07:30 to 08:00 – Small groups are taken inside the Maha Shakti Temple for darshan wearing face masks.
08:00 to 09:00 – Breakfast prasadam served in the marquee on the Lord Vishnu field.
09:30 – Attend Sri Ranganatha puja.
11:30 – Return home.

08:30 to 13:00 – Mid-morning program

08:30 to 09:00 – Arrive at Skanda Vale.
09:30 – Attend puja in the Sri Ranganatha Temple, wearing masks.
10:30 to 13:00 – Gift shop opens. Face masks must be worn.
13:00 – Return home, unless you have prebooked a separate ticket for the lunchtime and / or evening program.
Please note: The Lord Murugan and Maha Shakti Temples are not open during the Mid-Morning Program. If you would like to visit these temples please book the lunchtime or evening program.

12:30 to 21:00 – Lunchtime program

12:30 to 13:00 – Arrive at Skanda Vale.
13:30 – Go to the Lord Murugan Temple marquee where you will watch the puja on a screen in a marquee outside the Temple. (On Sundays this is a mahabishekam, ending at 14:45). Face masks must be worn.
13:45 – Escorted small groups are taken inside the Lord Murugan Temple for darshan. (Devotees have to be vegetarian for 3 days to enter the Temple and wear face masks).
14:00 – Prasadam is served in the Yaga Sala.
16:00 – Darshan in the Sri Ranganatha Temple.
15:00 to 16:30 – Gift shop opens. Face masks must be worn.
15:00 to 21:00 – Devotees may stay for the evening Shakti Puja if they so wish.

16:30 to 21:00 – Evening program

16.30 – Arrival of evening group.
17:15 – Devotees walk to the Maha Shakti Temple.
17:40 – A strictly limited number of seats are available in a minibus, reserved for elderly and disabled pilgrims only. Face masks must be worn.
18:00 – Pilgrims watch the Maha Shakti puja on a screen in the marquee. Face masks must be worn.
18:40 – Escorted small groups are taken inside the Shakti Temple for darshan wearing face masks.
19:30 – Prasadam is served in the Yaga Sala.
21:00 – All devotees return home.
Please note – The Maha Shakti temple opens at 6pm – You cannot have darshan before this time.

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