A 50-year-old woman performed ‘digital yagna’ on Mahashtami of Chaitra Navratra at her home in Grant Road on Wednesday, amid the nationwide lockdown. Jayashree Ballikar is an ardent devotee of Goddess Vaishno Devi and she also paid her priest through online transfer.

Ballikar connected with her priest on WhatsApp video call in the afternoon. "There is a complete lockdown and the government has suggested us to stay indoors. I have been performing this yagyna for years and did not want to miss it this time. So I went digital after requesting my priest to connect with me on WhatsApp video call," said Ballikar, who lives with her family at Nasarwanji Petit Street, Grand Road East.