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After reaching Chitrakoot, these people first went to Sangrampur village to the house of one Kamlesh Patel, who invited them on behalf of akhadas.

At ‘symbolic’ Kumbh Mela, at least 25K people gather on last holy dip By Falguni Lalwani|   Updated: 28th April 2021 6:52 pm IST Seers taking a dip in River Ganges as a part of last royal bath. (PTI photo) Uttarakhand: Despite the rise in COVID 19 cases that is causing the country to bleed inside out, at least 25,000 people attended the last ‘shahi snan’ (royal bath) at the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. Apart from that, around 1,350 seers from different akhadas participated in the ritual. Yet this is only one per cent of total attendance that usually attends this event. A curfew has bee...

Share This - Kumbh Mela at Haridwar (NDTV image) A Public Interest Litigation(PIL) petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to stop mass gatherings in Haridwar city for the ongoing Kumbh Mela. The petition also highlights the threat posed by mass campaign rallies in poll-bound states like West Bengal and seeks directions to the Election Commission of India to take corrective steps. The petition filed by a Noida resident Sanjay Kumar Pathak says that lakhs of persons are attending Kumbh Mela without following the COVID-19 protocols regarding the wearing of face masks an...