Maha Kumbh to end in Prayagraj with final holy dip on Mahashivratri

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Mahakumbh ends in Prayagraj with a holy dip on Mahashivratri. 65 crore devotees joined, 41 lakh on finale.

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00:00Today is the final snan, the end of the Mahakam and this snan will take place throughout the

00:07day today.

00:08More than 65 crore devotees have taken a holy dip so far.

00:12Visuals that you are seeing on your screens are of the huge rush which has also now made

00:17sure that they reach the Sangam Nose.

00:20Also these are just the people who have already reached Mahakam, many are still on their way

00:24and huge rush is expected on the last day of the Mahakam.

00:30Visuals that you are seeing, it's the Mahakam Mela which will now conclude on the Mahashivratri.

00:36The auspicious period, that's the time when most of the people would love to take a dip

00:41that begins at about 11.08 am today and it will end at 8.45 am tomorrow.

00:48Hundreds of devotees from across the country are thronging with Vini Sangam in Prayagraj.

00:54All of them all set to take the last snan at the Mahakam.

00:59All this will be being done at the auspicious occasion of Mahashivratri.

01:03Now with this the culmination of the 45 day mega religious gathering will happen today.

01:09My colleague Santosh is now joining me from Prayagraj.

01:13Santosh, today is the final day.

01:15We have seen how crores of people have been thronging Prayagraj over the past 45 days

01:20and today also from what we expect, what the administration expects is that crores

01:25of people will be visiting the Sangam and they will be taking a holy dip.

01:35Today is the final day of Mahakam and we can say this is the final or the last snan of

01:41Mahashivratri and as today as I am conversing with you, 41 lakh, more than 41 lakh devotees

01:50have taken a holy dip in Sangam and 65 crore devotees total till now have taken a holy

01:57dip in Sangam.

01:58And right now I am standing over the Hanuman, Lite Hanuman Mandir that is another pilgrim

02:05of Prayagraj after the devotees take a holy dip on Sangam and now the devotees take darshan

02:12to the Hanuman Mandir and now you can see the visuals that how many persons are there

02:17in this whole area and this is not the single visual.

02:22All over the streets of the Prayagraj including the Kumbh Mela or whether it is the Kumbh Mela

02:26or whether the Prayagraj city, all the streets are captured by this whole crowd and the crowd

02:32management is done by the Mela administration.

02:36Many devotees are there.

02:37Let me talk to them.

02:38How much did you have to walk?

02:39How are you feeling?

02:40No, this time it is very good and you have to do a little penance to get the full result.

02:46You have to do a little penance to get the full result and it is very important and everyone

02:52is getting a strange energy.

02:53Tiredness is not visible on anyone's face whether he is old or a child, everyone's face is full

02:58of anger.

02:59There is no tiredness anywhere.

03:00Walking on foot is also a matter of happiness.

03:01Where have you come from?

03:02I have come from Lucknow.

03:03Yes, yes.

03:04How much did you have to walk after taking a holy dip?

03:05It is very good to walk because this is the Mahakumbh Mandir.

03:06So, you can see the visuals and the devotees claiming that this is the best administration

03:29of any crowd management, the mounted police is there, the horse-riding police is there,

03:36those who are managing the crowd and this mounted police is the basic requirement for

03:42any crowd management.

03:43You can see through the visuals that the police personals are there for the crowd management

03:48over here, the horse-riding police is there, those who are there for the crowd management

03:54and of course, you can see that this is the crowd management, the basic funda that the

03:59police control the crowd.

04:02My colleague Santosh who is showing us images, you can see the police personnel, the administration

04:06on its toes, the administration and the police are present in large number and the reason

04:12is because today is the last day, the holy snaan, the last snaan will take place today.

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