The Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) is arguably the world’s largest non secular and religious gathering. A staggering crowd of over 60 crore devotees flocked to the Triveni Sangam to carry out the shahi snaan and wash away their sins.
Residents of a society in Noida turned their pool into the Triveni sangam utilizing water from Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj (Picture: PTI; Screenshot: X)
The biggies of Bollywood too flocked to the holy website, together with actors reminiscent of Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal, Raveena Tandon, Rasha Thadani, Pankaj Tripathi, Juhi Chawala, Preity G Zinta, Nimrat Kaur, Vidyut Jammwal, Anupam Kher, Rajkummar Rao, Patralekhaa, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Sonali Bendre.
Musicians Ricky Kej, Guru Randhawa, Shankar Mahadevan, Kailash Kher, and Neeti Mohan additionally shared photos of the religious expertise.
The official quantity anticipated to have visited by the top of the Mela tomorrow (February 26) Prayagraj is 65 crore. However that isn’t the top of it. Some residents in Larger Noida’s ATS society, who could not make it to Prayagraj, determined to get inventive.
Sangam involves Noida
Devotees who couldn’t attend the Maha Kumbh in particular person relied on those that did to gather water from the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj. The residents of Larger Noida’s ATS Society then poured the holy water into the society pool and carried out the rituals together with the shahi snaan (sacred dip). A video of the rituals has been going viral throughout social media platforms, which additionally reveals a number of ladies gathered close to the pool, chanting ‘Har Har Mahadev!’ and providing prayers.
As these Noida residents turned their society into the sacred confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati, social media customers have been fast to remark and share their opinions.
Some appreciated the creativity of the residents. A consumer commented, “Still better then increase traffic and create chaos on roads,” whereas one other wrote, “Atleast its better than digital snaan.”
For the unversed, Deepak Goyal, a Prayagraj-based man, started a start-up by providing ‘digital snaan’ to devotees who couldn’t go to the busy metropolis among the many hustle and bustle of the Mela. The concept? Telling individuals to ship their photographs on WhatsApp, the printouts of which is able to then be dipped within the holy water inside 24 hours of the transaction, all for the price of ₹1,100!
Coming again to Noida, an Instagram consumer opined, “Actually it’s good , instead of stampede also not happen also river water will be clean , I think its good (sic).”
Then again, the motion additionally instigated some criticism from social media customers, who known as it, “Broken civic sence and andhbhakti”.
“If that’s not a personal pool than there should be an action,” demanded an irate consumer. One other rationalised, “A river stays pure because it keeps flowing, avoiding stagnation. Meanwhile, these guys are out here sprinkling a drop of it into a stagnant chlorine pool like it’s some magical potion. Yep, totally purified now.”
And an X consumer joked, “And that’s what we call Portable Snaan Guys.”
Concerning the Maha Kumbh
The Kumbh Mela is held each 12 years and the Maha Kumbh takes place after 12 Kumbhs. So the Maha Kumbh Mela comes after 144 years. The final Maha Kumbh was held in Allahabad (now renamed to Prayagraj) in 1882. This time, the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 started on January 13 and can conclude on Maha Shivratri tomorrow (February 26).