Mahakumbh 2025: The world’s largest religious and spiritual gathering- Mahakumbh, which lasted for 45 days in Prayagraj, was concluded on Wednesday with the last bathing festival Mahashivratri. In this fair, which started from 13 January, more than 66 crore devotees from India and abroad took a dip in the Ganges and Sangam. According to the data released by the fair administration, till 6 pm on Wednesday evening, more than 1.44 crore devotees had taken a dip in the Ganges and Sangam and the number of people diverted has reached 66.21 crore since January 13. This number of devotees except China and India is more than the population of all countries including America, Russia and European countries. In addition, this number is more than the number of pilgrims going to Mecca and Vatican City.
Cleaning of Mahakumbh became the subject of discussion
This Mahakumbh was also in the discussion for its cleanliness, in which the cleaning workers played an important role. At the Mahakumbh Mela, Dr. Anand Singh, in-charge of the cleaning department, told PTI-Bhasha that 15,000 sweepers were on duty 24 hours during the fair. He fulfilled the responsibility of cleaning in many shifts and kept the toilets and ghats completely clean at the fair. Everyone praised his work. The stampede on the Mauni Amavasya at the Mahakumbh Mela strengthened its image, but the incident had no significant impact on the faith of the devotees and the arrival of the people continued unabated. 30 people died in a stampede.
Many famous celebrities from Prime Minister Modi participated in it.
From President Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Ministers, film stars and famous celebrities of sports and industry took a dip in the Sangam at the Mahakumbh Mela and appreciated the arrangements of the state government. Along with the confluence of the rivers, this Mahakumbh also witnessed the confluence of antiquity and modernity, which used many sophisticated systems such as AI-Saksham cameras, anti-drain etc. and trained the religious police on these systems. However, this fair was also in the discussion due to many controversies, such as film actress Mamta Kulkarni became Mahamandaleshwar and controversy related to it. Apart from this, the report of the National Pollution Control Board (NPCB) on the purity of Ganga water and then by quoting the government, the correctness of Ganga water was also discussed by many scientists. 13 Akharas took a bath in Mahakumbh.
