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Published 16:21 IST, April 14th 2020

Ramayan's Dipika Chikhalia calls Lockdown 'Agniparisksha', says 'Don't cross Laxman Rekha'

Ramayan star Dipika Chikhalia took to Instagram to share a video where she talked about the PM Narendra Modi's speech and urged fans to follow lockdown.

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The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi announced an extension of the coronavirus lockdown till May 3. Ramayan's Sita aka Dipika Chikhalia shared a video message to urge her fans and followers to follow the lockdown and remain indoors. Her video talked about the 'Laxman Rekha' of lockdown that the people should not cross. 

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Dipika Chikhalia's message

Dipika shared a video on her Instagram account where she referred to the speech by the Prime Minister. She talked about how people are still not taking the lockdown seriously and we must stop doing out for no reason. She added that if people follow the lockdown, the danger of coronavirus will subside. 

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Dipika pointed out that since the lockdown was extended, we can understand that there were mistakes made on the side of the public. She stressed on the 7 points that PM talked about. She referred to the front-liners like doctors and police 'warriors'. She urged her fans to not cross the 'Laxman Rekha' and that it will help the country to go through the 'Agni Pariksha'. Captioning the post, Dipika Chikhalia wrote, "Agni Pariksha .... let's not cross the Laxman Rekha."

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The impact on people after the re-runs of Ramayan and Mahabharat have been large. They are entertaining themselves with the episodes daily. Now that there has been an extension of lockdown till May 3, more and more shows from the olden days of TV have started with re-runs. These include Shrimaan Shrimati, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Shaktimaan and Buniyaad on DD channels.

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Source: Dipika Chikhalia Instagram

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16:21 IST, April 14th 2020