In the backdrop of a stampede-like situation in which 15 pilgrims are feared to be dead and 30 injured near Sangam nose, a massive crowd of devotees gathered at Mahakumbh and took the holy dip in Sangam.
Lakhs of devotees took a dip in the Sangam on the last shahi snan (royal bath) at the Kumbh in the wee hours of Monday which coincided with the Hindu religious festival of Mahashivratri.
In 2001, the then Congress President and Rahul and Priyanka’s mother Sonia Gandhi had attended the Kumbh Mela and taken a holy dip.
Thousands of devotees took the holy dip in the wee hours of Tuesday at Sangam on the occasion of Makar Sankranti marking the start of the Kumbh Mela.
