In the holy confluence of Maa Ganga, Maa Yamuna and invisible mother Saraswati, bathing of saints, devotees, kalpasis, bathrooms and householders filled with reverence and faith has now reached a new peak. In this sequence, the number of bathing people in Mahakumbh on the Amrit bath of Basant Panchami has crossed the 35 crore mark. By 8 am on Monday, 62.25 lakh devotees took a holy dip in Triveni Sangam. With this, the total number of bathing in Mahakumbh crossed 35 crores. There are 23 more days left for Mahakumbh to be completed. It is expected that the number of bathing people can go over 50 crores.
There is no lack of enthusiasm and enthusiasm of devotees/bathing people in Prayagraj. Devotees are reaching Prayagraj every day to get virtue by taking a dip in the holy Triveni from the whole country and the world with reverence and faith. Crores of devotees reached the Triveni Sangam bath from morning on the last Amrit bath of Basant Panchami. On Sunday, February 2, around 1.20 crores took a bath, after which the total number of baths reached close to 35 crores, which crossed the figure on Monday morning. The bathing people were included in 10 lakh Kalpavasis as well as devotees and saints from abroad and saints.
If we analyze the total number of bathing people till now, then the maximum 8 crore devotees took a bath on Mauni Amavasya, while 3.5 crore devotees took a Amrit bath on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. On February 1 and January 30, 1.7 crore devotees took a virtue of 2-2 crores and on Paush Purnima.
Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (including Cabinet) have taken a dip in the confluence. Apart from this, Governor Anandi Ben Patel, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Ram Meghwal, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murthy, Assam Assembly Speaker Biswjit Daari, SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav, Opposition in the state assembly Leader Mata Prasad Pandey, Gorakhpur MP Ravi Kishan, Hema Malini, Bollywood actress Bhagyashree, Anupam Kher, Milind Soman, Mamta Kulkarni, Mamta Kulkarni from Kinnar Akhara, Mamta Kulkarni, Kavi Kumar Vishwas, Cricketer Suresh Raina, Khali and choreographer Remo D’Souza also in Sangam Have taken a bath.