ALLAHABAD: Over 2.25 crore devotees, including saints, seers and kalpwasis took a holy dip in Sangam amid tight security on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya right here on Tuesday.
Pilgrims and devotees persisted to flock to the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and legendary Saraswati since 2am. Mela authorities mentioned more than 2 crore devotees took the holy bath through three pm.
This 12 months, Mauni Amavasya fell a day after Makar Sankranti and such occurrence of 2 consecutive celestial occasions is uncommon.
Devotees consider water of Ganga turns into nectar on Mauni Amavasya. Also, round 15,000 kalpavasis, saints and lakhs of devotees noticed silence on the day.
IG, Allahabad Range, Ramit Sharma mentioned bathing used to be largely peaceful and no untoward incident used to be reported. Jal police saved a girl from drowning at Ram ghat. Meanwhile, devotees had began arriving since Monday middle of the night. The banks of Sangam reverberated with cries of 'Jai Ganga Maiyya' and 'Har Har Gange'.
On Tuesday, police rescued and reunited 7,425 other folks, including 19 children, who had separated from their households on the mela.
Kinnar Akhara invited to parishad meet
Deviating from earlier stand, president of Akhara Parishad Narendra Giri on Tuesday made up our minds to ask other folks of the newly shaped transgenders' monastic order, Kinnar akhara, within the next assembly of parishad to have their say relating to their participation in Kumbh-2018-19. The reversal within the parishad's determination came after a meeting of Acharya Mahamandleswar of Kinnar Akhara Swami Laxminarayan Tripathi with Giri at Baghamabari Math. Giri mentioned, "They will put forward their views. Our stand on kinnars making a separate akhara is the same so they will not be invited as akharas' representatives but as ordinary people."
Pilgrims and devotees persisted to flock to the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and legendary Saraswati since 2am. Mela authorities mentioned more than 2 crore devotees took the holy bath through three pm.
This 12 months, Mauni Amavasya fell a day after Makar Sankranti and such occurrence of 2 consecutive celestial occasions is uncommon.
Devotees consider water of Ganga turns into nectar on Mauni Amavasya. Also, round 15,000 kalpavasis, saints and lakhs of devotees noticed silence on the day.
IG, Allahabad Range, Ramit Sharma mentioned bathing used to be largely peaceful and no untoward incident used to be reported. Jal police saved a girl from drowning at Ram ghat. Meanwhile, devotees had began arriving since Monday middle of the night. The banks of Sangam reverberated with cries of 'Jai Ganga Maiyya' and 'Har Har Gange'.
On Tuesday, police rescued and reunited 7,425 other folks, including 19 children, who had separated from their households on the mela.
Kinnar Akhara invited to parishad meet
Deviating from earlier stand, president of Akhara Parishad Narendra Giri on Tuesday made up our minds to ask other folks of the newly shaped transgenders' monastic order, Kinnar akhara, within the next assembly of parishad to have their say relating to their participation in Kumbh-2018-19. The reversal within the parishad's determination came after a meeting of Acharya Mahamandleswar of Kinnar Akhara Swami Laxminarayan Tripathi with Giri at Baghamabari Math. Giri mentioned, "They will put forward their views. Our stand on kinnars making a separate akhara is the same so they will not be invited as akharas' representatives but as ordinary people."
Mauni Amavasya: 2.25 crore devotees bathe in Sangam
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