On the divine land of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, the divine city filled with a wonderful confluence of religion, culture and ancient traditions has now completely taken its form on the sands of the banks of the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. Due to its grandeur, Mahakumbh, a huge confluence of faith, religion, spirituality and culture, has come into the limelight even before its commencement. Because on the banks of Sangam, the faith and spirituality of the wonderful confluence of modern and ancient, a whole world, has taken a grand, divine and new shape as per its theme under the guidance of Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. After hard work day and night, now a big, wonderful, grand and unique city situated on the sands of the Sangam bank is ready to welcome with open heart the saints, devotees and tourists coming to witness the event of Maha Kumbh. On the revered divine land of the Sangam banks, a grand city has been prepared for the saints, mahatmas, devotees and tourists, which has been carved by the craftsmen in such a way that the people who wish for material comforts along with religious faith and ancient culture can visit it. Facilities have been made available to the people, the grandeur of which will dazzle the eyes of the onlooker.
However, in the year 2019 Kumbh in this ancient religious city of Prayagraj, the grand divine event was held in a vast area of 3200 hectares under the guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. But once again in the year 2025, this divine city of Mahakumbh is going to create a new history under the able guidance of Modi-Yogi. Due to which this time in view of the huge crowd coming for Mahakumbh, the area of Kumbh Mela area has been increased to 4000 hectares. After a long time of preparations, now the time has come when the huge event of Maha Kumbh, a confluence of religion, spirituality and faith of the followers of Sanatan Dharma on the wonderful divine banks of Triveni, is going to start on 13th January and will continue till 26th February. Will work. Modi and Yogi government are determined to give it a wonderful, supernatural, divine, grand and new form.
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If we take a look at the budget for organizing Mahakumbh 2025 this time, the expenditure for organizing Mahakumbh is estimated to be around Rs 7,500 crore. Out of which Rs 2,100 crore has been allocated by the Central Government, while the Uttar Pradesh government has set a huge budget of Rs 5,435.68 crore. Whereas in the year 2019, there was a budget of Rs 4,200 crore for the Kumbh Mela. From the economic point of view, like every Kumbh Mela, this time too Mahakumbh is likely to have a huge contribution in the GDP of the country, due to which the fair area is doing a good job of attracting small and big traders, shopkeepers etc. Yes, people are excited to do various types of business in the Mahakumbh area.
However, according to Sanatan Dharma culture and traditions, this entire period of Mahakumbh is a grand divine gathering of rituals. In which puja, recitation and bathing etc. mainly take place throughout the time, but in this fair, taking bath on some special dates is considered very auspicious. To participate in it, crores of saints, mahatmas and pilgrims gather on the banks of Sangam and all of them have unwavering faith and belief that by taking bath in the holy waters of Sangam on the dates fixed for Shahi Snan, their lives will be blessed. He gets freedom from all sins and can free himself as well as his ancestors from the life cycle of rebirth, hence there is a huge crowd in Kumbh city on the date of Shahi Snan. This time the special dates of the royal bath in Mahakumbh are –
Paush Purnima 13 January 2025.
Makar Sankranti 14 January 2025.
Mauni Amavasya 29 January 2025.
Basant Panchami 03 February 2025.
Maghi Purnima 12 February 2025.
Maha Shivratri 26 February
2025, on which devotees from all over the country and abroad will reach Prayagraj Mahakumbh to take bath.
Of the divine, grand and grand Mahakumbh of the dreams of Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
There are lots of features. The government has done the work of equipping Mahakumbh-2025 with state-of-the-art facilities, giving it a grand, divine and grand appearance. For the convenience of the devotees, the entire Mahakumbh site has been given the status of a district and an entire team of district level officers has been deployed there. Like a district, offices of various departments, circuit house and police line have been constructed. In view of the expectation of huge crowd of devotees, this time the Kumbh area has been expanded to 4000 hectares. In view of the huge crowd, changes have been made in the settlement of Mahakumbh. This time Mahakumbh city has been established in 25 sectors. 30 pontoon bridges have been built on Ganga to go from one sector to another.
A model of cleanliness will be presented in Mahakumbh to implement ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’. Yogi government has made complete preparations to present Mahakumbh as a model of cleanliness in front of the country and the world. In view of the Swachh Mahakumbh, this time the Yogi government has built 1.5 lakh toilets, 25 thousand dustbins have been installed in the fair area, 15 thousand sanitation workers have been deployed, and 160 waste management vehicles have been arranged.
To make Maha Kumbh divine and grand, beautification of temples and ghats has been done on a large scale, 29 temples have been beautified, 11 corridors have been developed, 12 km temporary ghat has been constructed, 8 km river front. Roads have been built.
For the successful organization of Maha Kumbh, the largest temporary city has been built, 1.5 lakh tents have been installed, 69 thousand LED lighting and solar hybrid street lighting have been installed. More than 400 kilometers of temporary roads and check-order plate sheets have been built.
Prayagraj has been prepared as a smart city for the preparations for Mahakumbh.
Parking has been developed in an area of more than 1800 hectares,
201 roads were widened and strengthened, 40 junctions and 48 roads were beautified, 14 ROBs and flyovers were developed.
Rs 1.5 lakh for Digital Kumbh
Tents and toilets are being monitored, more than 2600
Crowd monitoring setup cameras have been installed at various places, there will be 24×7 ICCC surveillance,
10 digital lost and found centers have been created.
Only on the basis of these world class state-of-the-art preparations for the Mahakumbh under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, it can be said that this time in the Mahakumbh fair running from January 13 to February 26, the banks of Triveni Sangam and the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati will be celebrated. Saints, Mahatmas, devotees and tourists will come in large numbers at the site and take bath with ease and will bless their lives and contribute to the GDP of the country and the state.
– Deepak Kumar Tyagi
Senior journalist, columnist and political analyst
