Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has instructed authorities to provide free accommodation, food, and medical facilities by preparing the Rajasthan Mandap in Prayagraj for the convenience of devotees travelling from Rajasthan to the Maha Kumbh Mela.
Khandelwal's reaction comes after Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the numbers being given by the state government regarding Maha Kumbh were "fake". He said that the trains were going empty.
Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has termed Maha Kumbh a manifestation of basic ideals of Indian culture where all the diversity ends and all are just devotees without caste or other distinctions.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi visited Prayagraj on Thursday wherein he reviewed the administrative preparations carried out by the formation for the Maha Kumbh 2025.
A grand procession was carried out as part of the Maha Kumbh celebrations in Prayagraj today, marking the entry of Jagatguru Shankaracharya Dwarka Sharda Pithadhish Swami, Shri Sadananda Saraswati Ji Maharaj into the Shankaracharya camp.
The 'Tejas Pandal' at the ongoing Mahakumbh 2025, which is inspired by the HAL Tejas aircraft of the Indian Air Force, has emerged as a special attraction capturing the attention of devotees in Prayagraj.
"To make people aware of cleanliness, we were continuously doing street plays at the station. We had taken out a cleanliness rally and a bicycle rally as well...We have deployed more than 1,000 sanitation workers at our station and more than 18,000 sanitation workers to clean the coaches.
Bhakti Narasimha Swami, a former Christian turned Sanatan Sanyasi from Johannesburg, shares his spiritual journey at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, expressing his excitement to join millions in the holy dip at Triveni Sangam.
According to the data released, by 6 pm on Thursday, over 3 million people visited the Maha Kumbh and took a holy dip at the Sangam, with more than 1 million Kalpvasis and 2 million additional pilgrims.
According to the data released, by 5 pm on Thursday, over 2.5 million people visited the Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj and took a holy dip at the Sangam, with more than 1 million Kalpvasis and 1.5 million additional pilgrims.