
Keep Crowd Under Control at Kumbh
The Kumbh festival begins on Sankranti day. Come January 15, the sound of conch and slokas would reverberate on the banks of ‘Sangam’, the confluence of Ganga, Jamuna and Sarswati at Prayagraj. Hundreds of thousands of devotees and pilgrims would take the Holy dip that day to herald the Kumbh this year. Pilgrims would converge at the Kumbh from all over the country and from abroad. Many will come as ‘tourists’ to watch the humongous assembly of people at one place.
The legend has it that anyone who with pious thought takes three dips in Sangam attains the ‘Moksha’ , freeing onesdelf from the cycle of birth and rebirth.
Organising a religious congregation of this scale where millions of people gather is big challenge for any government and administration. Preparations for Kumbh begins y...