Maha Kumbh 2025 Live Updates: Devotees Take 1st 'Amrit Snan' At Sangam In Prayagraj

Held formerly every 12 times, people attend Maha Kumbh to take a dip in the sacred waters, believed to wash down sins and purify the soul.

Maha Kumbh, dubbed the largest gathering of humanity in the world, is anticipated to bring further than 40 crore people to Prayagraj, which is further than the population of the US and Russia. The event has been set up at around 4,000 hectares and will continue till February 26. Massive security arrangements have also been made across the megacity, including AI cameras and aquatic drones.

Millions reached Prayagraj to take a holy dip in the Ganga swash, as the world's largest religious gathering Maha Kumbh 2025 began on Monday. Its numerous attendees were adding colour to the event, one of them being a biker foreseer.

Illustrations showed the foreseer riding into the Maha Kumbh roof megacity on a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Another foreseer known as' Splendor' baba shouldered a 14- day trip from Gujarat on a three- wheeler motorcycle, according to news agency ANI. Chabhi wale Baba, meanwhile, roams around with a 20 kg key.

The procession of Niranjani Akhada is heading towards the Sangam for the first' Amrit Snan' of Maha Kumbh. Sadhus of the 13 Akhadas of the Sanatan Dharma will take a holy dip.

“It’s a matter of happiness for us that Shmbhu Panchayati Atal Akhara and Mahanirvani Panchayati Akhada are going together to have' Amrit Snan'. It has been a tradition that Naga Sadhus are kept ahead," Naga Baba Pramod Giri of the Shambu Panchayati Atal Akhara said.

They also gathered to sing bhajans, blending into the spiritual air. They sang' Om Jai Jagdish Hare' and' Mahishasura Mardini Stotram,' adding their voices to the sacred chants of the gathering.