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  • 25,000 devotees, over 1,000 seers mark final shahi snan

    Three days earlier than the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar involves an finish, round 1,350 seers from varied akharas and 25,000 devotees bathed in Brahmkund at Har Ki Pauri over the past shahi snan on Tuesday — practically 1 per cent of the whole attendance anticipated by the authorities for the shahi snan on April 27.
    Hours later, the Haridwar district administration introduced a ‘corona curfew’ in Haridwar within the night. It might be efficient from April 28 to the morning of May 3.
    After an enchantment by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and amid criticism over violation of Covid protocols on the Mela, the akharas had agreed to mark a symbolic Kumbh Mela to keep away from any new coronavirus infections.
    IG Kumbh Mela, Sanjay Gunjyal, informed The Indian Express, “Following appeal from the Prime Minister and constant review by the Chief Minister, akharas cooperated in keeping the crowd low today. There were meetings with akharas daily over the last three days on crowd management. They followed social distancing too. Even Naga sadhus wore masks.”
    Police personnel additionally participated in a shahi snan and officers stated it was “symbolic”. Before the shahi snan Tuesday, Gunjyal visited each akhara camp to make sure attendance was restricted.
    According to information shared by the police, round 85 seers from Niranjani and Anand akhadas, 250 from Juna, Agni and Ahvaham; 80 from Mahanirvani and Atal; round 600 from Nirmohi, Nirvani and Diganmbar, round 230 from Bada Udaseen and Naya Udaseen and 100 from Nirmal akhara took half within the shahi snan Tuesday.

    The footfall of devotees throughout the first shahi snan on March 11 was 32 lakh and the determine was nearly the identical on the second shahi snan on April 14. Attendance got here all the way down to 13 lakh on the third shahi snan on April 14.
    Juna Akhara spokesperson Mahant Narayan Giri stated, “In view of appeals from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, we kept the shahi snan symbolic today. Around 5,000 seers and followers with 150 chariots had taken part in each of the past three shahi snans… Around 90 per cent seers and followers who had come from other states have already returned.”

  • Kumbh ought to now be symbolic, says PM Narendra Modi amid surge in Covid-19 instances

    Amid nationwide concern over the big gatherings seen through the Kumbh Mela, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed that the mela ought to now be solely “symbolic” as it would assist strengthen the nation’s struggle towards the coronavirus pandemic.
    In a tweet, the Prime Minister mentioned he spoke to prime seer, Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha president Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj, over the telephone and made an enchantment in regards to the spiritual gathering that has thus far attracted lakhs of devotees. Modi additionally enquired in regards to the well being of saints, a lot of whom have contracted the an infection, and conveyed his appreciation for his or her cooperation with the native administration.

    आचार्य महामंडलेश्वर पूज्य स्वामी अवधेशानंद गिरि जी से आज फोन पर बात की। सभी संतों के स्वास्थ्य का हाल जाना। सभी संतगण प्रशासन को हर प्रकार का सहयोग कर रहे हैं। मैंने इसके लिए संत जगत का आभार व्यक्त किया।
    — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 17, 2021
    “I prayed that two ‘shahi snan’ have taken place and Kumbh (participation) should now be kept symbolic. This will boost the fight against this crisis,” the Prime Minister tweeted in Hindi.
    Responding to Modi’s enchantment, Avdheshanand urged folks to not are available giant numbers to the Kumbh Mela to wash as a result of Covid-19 scenario, and to comply with the principles. “Saving one’s and other’s lives is sacred,” he added.

    माननीय प्रधानमंत्री जी के आह्वान का हम सम्मान करते हैं ! जीवन की रक्षा महत पुण्य है।मेरा धर्म परायण जनता से आग्रह है कि कोविड की परिस्थितियों को देखते हुए भारी संख्या में स्नान के लिए न आएँ एवं नियमों का निर्वहन करें ! @narendramodi @AmitShah @TIRATHSRAWAT #KumbhMela2021 #कुम्भ https://t.co/dNjPPnDztQ
    — Swami Avdheshanand (@AvdheshanandG) April 17, 2021
    The assertion comes after the dying of the top of the Maha Nirvani Akhada from Madhya Pradesh, who had arrived for the Kumbh and examined optimistic for the coronavirus. At least 59 saints have examined optimistic thus far, together with the president of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad, aside from greater than 200 pilgrims (of 1.54 lakh examined), whilst officers fumble earlier than the not possible job of conserving the virus out at a gathering that has seen crowds as much as 32 lakh.