A huge crowd has been seen in the Mahakumbh Mela in Prayagraj. More than 3.50 crore devotees took a holy dip in the Sangam during the first ‘Amrit Snan’ on Makar Sankranti. Yogi wrote on X that hearty congratulations to all the revered saints, Kalpavasis and devotees who took the holy dip of faith in the sacred Sangam on the auspicious occasion of ‘Makar Sankranti’ in the great gathering of faith, equality and unity ‘Maha Kumbh-2025, Prayagraj’! Today, on the occasion of the first Amrit Snan festival, more than 3.50 crore revered saints/devotees got the virtuous benefit of bathing in Aviral-Nirmal Triveni.
Yogi further wrote that on the successful completion of the first Amrit Snan festival, on the basis of Sanatan Dharma, all the revered Akharas, Mahakumbh Mela administration, local administration, police administration, sanitation workers, voluntary organizations and religious institutions, sailors and the central and state government associated with Mahakumbh. Heartfelt thanks to all the departments and congratulations to the people of the state! May good deeds be fruitful and Maha Kumbh take place. In another post, he wrote that today in Tirtharaj Prayag, the first ‘Amrit Snan’ of Maha Kumbh and the shower of flowers on all the Akharas and Ghats on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti is a salute to Sanatan culture, a greeting of devotion and a tribute to faith.
In the next sequence of the dead bath, the saints of Taponidhi Panchayati Shri Niranjani Akhara and Anand Akhara took the Amrit Bath in which Akhara Parishad President Mahant Ravindra Puri was at the forefront and after him the flag of the Akhara and then the deity Kartikeya Swami and Surya Narayan riding on the palanquin. Were. Behind them was a group of Naga ascetics and amidst them Niranjani’s Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Kailashanand Giri was riding on a grand chariot.
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti of Niranjani Akhara and former Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said, “The crowd of youth at the Ghat shows how much faith the youth have towards Sanatan Dharma. Whenever anyone challenged Sanatan Dharma, the youth and saint community came forward and protected the religion.” After Niranjani and Anand Akhara, thousands of saints from Juna Akhara, Avahan Akhara and PanchAgni Akhara took the nectar bath. Along with Juna, the saints of Kinnar Akhara also took a dip in the Ganga.
