Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and state ministers took a holy dip in Triveni Sangam, the confluence of three rivers, Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati--at the ongoing Mahakumbh in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Thursday.
More than 2.73 million devotees have taken a dip in the Triveni Sangam as of 10 am on Thursday, during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, according to the Uttar Pradesh government.
As of February 12, more than 482.9 million devotees have taken a dip in the Triveni waters in the ongoing Mahakumbh, one of the most celebrated and largest gatherings.
A devotee from Australia, after taking a holy dip at Triveni Sangam on the occasion of Magh Purnima 'snan' in the ongoing Mahakumbh shared his profound emotions of gratitude and called it an "experience for a lifetime".
'Pushp Varsha' also known as the showering of petals, was done on the devotees and ascetics taking a holy dip in the Triveni Sangam on the occasion of the Magh Purnima on Wednesday during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.
On the auspicious occasion of Magh Purnima, the sacred Bhasma aarti was performed at Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain on Wednesday morning. Thousands of devotees gathered to seek blessings and darshan of Baba Mahakal.
According to an official release, Mukesh Ambani along with his mother, Kokilaben, sons Akash and Anant, daughter-in-laws Shloka and Radhika, grandchildren Prithvi and Veda, and sisters Dipti Salgaocar and Nina Kothari took the dip.