The government has directed the Hooghly district administration to take all necessary measures for the shahi snan (royal bath) at Triveni Sangam on 12 January.
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.