Mahakumbhnagar,

26 Feb (HS): Devotees from the country and abroad started reaching

Mahakumbhnagar from Tuesday night itself for Mahashivratri, the last holy

bathing festival of Mahakumbh. The faith of the devotees was at its peak on the

great festival of Mahashivratri, as a result of which one crore people took a

bath in the holy Sangam by 12 noon. For the safe arrival of such a huge crowd

of devotees at the Sangam and their safe return after the holy bath, important

messages started being broadcast on large Variable Messaging Displays (VMD) in

the fair area from Tuesday night itself. Being cautious about crowd management,

the administration paved the way for a smooth bath for all the devotees.

Comprehensive arrangements: On the special instructions of CM Yogi Adityanath,

the Maha Kumbh Nagar administration had made extensive arrangements in the

entire fair area for the devotees coming from the country and abroad. So that

they do not face any kind of inconvenience. Apart from this, people were

constantly appealed to not spend much time on the ghats after bathing and move

towards their destination quickly. Due to which the devotees got great

convenience for bathing on Mahashivratri.

Guidelines were given on the Ghats from the night itself: More than 1.25 crore

devotees are flocking every day to take a holy dip in the holy confluence of

Maa Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. The fair administration made strict

arrangements to make this mega event of Mahashivratri safe and well-organized.

From crowd control at the ghats to digital information system, necessary

information was sent to the devotees. The fair administration put up large variable

messaging displays at various places and appealed to the devotees not to spend

much time on the ghats after bathing and to move towards their destination

quickly. This helped a lot in crowd control and everyone got a chance to bath

comfortably. Important information, guidelines and security alerts were

continuously issued on the variable messaging display since Tuesday night.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi