Key Points
Government prepared Maha Kumbh site over 18 months
Invested ₹7,000 crores in Prayagraj infrastructure
First 'Shahi Snan' to be performed on January 14
Expected to attract millions of devotees
Manoj Kumar Singh that the government have been working on the preparations of Maha Kumbh for over one and half years to provide better facilities for the tourists and devotees.
Speaking to ANI, Singh said, "The 'Snan' on Makar Sankranti will be bigger than today's 'Snan'. For one and a half years, the state government was preparing for this in collaboration with the fair administration. Works worth about Rs 7 thousand crores have been done in Prayagraj city and the Mela area which is on 4,000 hectares. We intended that whatever better facilities are available for the tourists and devotees, should be provided to them," Singh said.
"All the preparations for the Maha Kumbh have been completed by the government and I hope that the devotees and tourists coming will have a very good experience of this Maha Kumbh," he added.
On the occasion of Makar Sankranti on January 14 the first 'Shahi Snan' of Maha Kumbh will be performed.
Maha Kumbh, which began today on 'Paush Purnima', witnessed around 15 million devotees on the first day, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said.
"On the first bathing festival today, 1.50 crore Sanatan believers took bath in the pious Triveni and accrued 'punya' benefit," the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister posted in X,"
He thanked people who contributed to the success of the first day of 'Snan' at Maha Kumbh.
Maha Kumbh is one of the largest and most significant religious congregations in the world, held every 12 years at one of four locations in India.
The Maha Kumbh-2025, which is Poorna Kumbh is taking place from January 13 to February 26, 2025.
