Mahakumbh 2025 Live: Sea of ​​people descend at Triveni Sangam on Makar Sankranti

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Live: “Anyone who comes here will find everything here- peace, knowledge, spirituality, and culture. Prayagraj is currently seeing an amalgamation of all these,” spiritual orator Jaya Kishori said.

“The emotions of all those who have come here are magnificent. Such a large number of people who have come here despite such cold weather is amazing,” she added.

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Live: According to UP principal secretary (home), so far about 20 million (2 crore) people have taken a dip in the Sangam on Makar Sankranti, which is the second day of the Mahakumbh 2025.

“By evening, more than 2.50 crore people will have taken a dip,” he added.

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Live: The good vs evil battle, salvation and a larger narrative surrounds the significance of the Mahakumbh Mela. From ‘Samudra Manthan’ to the institution of ‘Akharas’ by an eighth-century Hindu philosopher to the 2025 Mahakumbh Mela, let’s take a closer look at this auspicious gathering. Read more

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Live: “I have been attending the Kumbh Mela since 1982… This time the experience is very different. A new city has been set up… We are extremely fortunate to be able to be part of this once in 144 years celebration,” says BJP leader Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti.

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Live: Steve Jobs’ wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, reportedly developed allergies on her second day at the Maha Kumbh 2025 in Prayagraj but will participate in the ritual of taking a dip in the Ganga river.

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Live: Uttar Pradesh DGP Prashant Kumar said that instructions were given to use all the modern technologies and AI tools for crowd and traffic management, underwater monitoring or our latest fire fighting equipment.

“All our department officials are staying on the spot; along with that, the state officials are here in our control room,” said Kumar.

Kinnar Akhara’s Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Laxmi Narayan Tripathi expressed happiness over their participation in the Amrit Snan and wished everyone a ‘happy Makar Sankranti’, ANI reported.

The Uttar Pradesh government’s information department said that the first day of the 2025 Mahakumbh Mela gave the message of “unity and ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (word is one family)” as people from across the world and the nation participated in the Amrit Snan.

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Live: Yogmata Keiko Aikawa, a devotee from Japan, said, “I did samadhi four times. Today, I have come here to take a holy dip in Ganga water. I bless everyone. Maha Kumbh is a chance for everyone to purify and energise… word of love and peace to spread out.”

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Live: “We took a bath in Triveni today. Lakhs of devotees have come here to take the holy dip in Ganga. It’s the history of Indian culture… It’s because of you – the media that today everyone is able to witness ‘Sanatan’,” says Niranjan Peethadheeshwar Swami Kailashanand Giri Maharaj.

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Live: “I am Greek. I am happy to be here. All thanks to my (Indian) husband. I am into yoga for last 20 years but now I have got the opportunity to know about Maha Kumbh. This experience is very unique and I feel grateful. It’s a good opportunity to get ‘Moksh’,” says Pinelopi Khanna, a Greek national, as she participates in ‘Amrit Snan’,” said a devotee.

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Live: The Uttar Pradesh government said that more than one crore devotees took a holy dip until 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday to celebrate Makara Sankranti.

UP DGP Prashant Kumar said that the police continuously monitor the situation, and all senior officers have been deployed in the control rooms.

“Everything is under control. Amrit Snan is going on in a peaceful manner. Devotees are peacefully taking a holy dip at several places in the state on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. There are separate ghats for Akharas and separate ghats for the devotees where they are taking holy dips. We are using CCTVs, drones and underwater drones this time,” he said.

UP DGP Prashant Kumar told ANI that around 98.20 lakh people took a holy dip, ‘Amirt Snan’, by 7 am on Tuesday, and the numbers must have crossed one crore by now.

“Today is the first Amrit Snan of the 2025 Maha Kumbh where Sadhus from several Akharas are taking a holy dip from Brahma Muhurta. Niranjani Akhara, Atal Akhara, Mahanirvani Akhara and Anand Akhara have taken a holy dip,” he said.

Mahakumbh 2025 live updates: “I can’t even explain it in words. This is my third Kumbh. I went to Haridwar in 2010, Prayagraj in 2013 and now here again. All the craziness here, but beneath that is something that doesn’t change. Fortunately, there is a lot of Police personnel here doing crowd control. Here, you just learn to go with the flow,” said a devotee.

Swami Chidambaranand of Mahanirvan Akhara said the mahakumbh is a “grandeur of Indian civilisation” and expressed happiness on witnessing “unbelievable scenes” at Triveni Sangam.

“There is joy and excitement everywhere. People have forgotten about the cold and have been waiting since 2 am for a sight of the saints. There are unbelievable scenes here,” he said.

Mahakumbh 2025 live updates: “I am basically from the USA, but I live in Vrindavan. I feel like we came to a very pure place. I am anticipating being in the water with devotees from India and so many countries and chanting with them. Visiting holy places is not enough unless you meet a Sadhu explaining the significance of that place,” said a devotee.

Mahakumbh 2025 live updates: Kumar Swami Ji Maharaj from Anand Akhara invited people to join celebrations at the Mahakumbh mela in Prayagraj.

“Nothing is bigger than this. Those who are able to come here are extremely fortunate. Wherever we see people are fighting among themselves. Here it’s peaceful. Merely being present here and watching everything unfold, brings joy and peace,” he said.

Mahakumbh 2025 live updates: SSP Kumbh Mela Rajesh Dwivedi said that police personnel have been deployed across the route where Akharas will lead their procession to perform Amrit Snan. “Police, PAC, horse-mounted police and Paramilitary force are accompanying the Akharas,” he added.

Mahakumbh 2025 live updates: Spiritual leader Swami Kailashanand Giri lead the processions for the first Amrit Snan on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti.

Sadhus of the 13 akhadas of Sanatan Dharm will take holy dip at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj – a sacred confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and ‘mystical’ Saraswati, today.

Mahakumbh 2025 live updates: “It’s a matter of happiness for us that Shmbhu Panchayati Atal Akhara and Mahanirvani Panchayati Akhada are going together to have Shahi (Amrit) Snan. It has been a tradition that Naga Sadhus are kept ahead,” said Naga Baba Pramod Giri of Shambhu Panchayati Atal Akhara.