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Although the Maha Kumbh 2025 concluded on a Wednesday, a significant number of devotees remained at the Sangam, many of whom could not partake in the holy dip during the 45-day grand festivities.
Since the traffic has been loosened, the area surrounding the mela ghats has metamorphosed into a melting pot for cars and other vehicles from different states, as a considerable amount of individuals are now heading directly to the ghats.
While no official statistics have been provided, there is an estimate of a few thousand individuals who have made the pilgrimage to Triveni Sangam from around Friday morning only to partake in the bathing rituals up until the early hours.
The ghat vibes were still filled with energy and enthusiasm from the previous day by 5 am and many people, from Bihar to Karnataka as well as other local residents of Prayagraj, frequented the area.
Many devotees that have been incapable of attending the Maha Kumbh Mela have traveled to the Sangam ghats are equally as eager and excited to take part in the holy dip that everybody else had during the mela period.
The majority of the individuals have chosen to head directly towards the Sangam Nose, the most astounding tip of the confluence, while the ghats around it were also overcrowded with devotees.
Ashish Kumar Singh, a native of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, mentioned that he reached the Sangam site at around 11:30 pm on Thursday in order to take a holy dip.
He quoted saying, “I was trying to take the dip around 11:45 pm but fire broke out near my location so I decided to follow the fire tenders that were ambling at the Nandi Dwar. I finally got to do it at around 3 am and it was brutal.”
Singh, who is a class 11 student now says that he, “Was born in Bihar but moved to Chennai at a younger age.” Now, he speaks in Hindi, Bhojpuri, English, and Tamil demonstrating a Sangam of multiple languages.
At the Sangam Nose, a member of the family hailing from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, was soaking into the religion along with his kids.
The sights that only happen once every 12 years began this month on the 13th of January (Paush Purnima) and had grand parades from Naga Sadhus and 3 Amrit Snans which concluded with the most sacred ‘snan’ on Mahashivratri which was Wednesday.
While the Maha Kumbh mela was ongoing, an astonishing 66 crore people took a holy dip at Triveni Sangam.
Despite the millions, the enthusiasm and religious fervor still hasn’t faid out.
Filling containers meant for Ganga Jal, Kedar Nath was also present at the Sangam Nose area and sold his wares from midnight to the break of dawn.
“Kumbh Mela might be over, but even a day later people still continue to flock the Sangam, it’s going to be the same,” he said in a statement to PTI. “As Prayagraj is a mecca for pilgrims during non-mela days as well.”
Every passing hour, the number of people visiting the location of the confluence in search for a holy dip greatly reduced as soon as dawn broke.
