Maha Kumbh 2025: How did stampede occurred on Mauni Amavasya? Eyewitnesses recount scenes of chaos
Eyewitnesses described harrowing scenes of chaos and panic as a stampede broke out at the Sangam during the Maha Kumbh on Wednesday
Maha Kumbh 2025: In an miserable incident, a stampede broke out at the Sangam in Prayagraj throughout the Maha Kumbh on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya. Reports demonstrate that numerous devotees relish lost their lives in the incident. Rescue and relief operations are underway. The injured are being introduced to the central health center located within the Maha Kumbh space.
Up to now, there just is not any such thing as a confirmed data on the collection of injured or the severity of their accidents. Safety has been heightened spherical the central health center, which has considered roughly 22 ambulances arriving since 3:30 AM.
It is reported that the Akharas were scheduled to starting up up their holy bathtub at the Sangam Nostril from 5 AM, however their access to the Akhara route has been delayed. Ambulances with sirens blaring may even be considered every fast time on the Akhara route. As a result of the incident, the saints and seers of the Akharas relish now not but left their camps for the holy bathtub.
Akharas name off Mauni Amavasya ‘Amrit Snan’ after attain-stampede at Maha Kumbh: Mahant Ravindra Puri
Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad president Mahant Ravindra Puri on Wednesday talked about that as a consequence of the stampede-love effort at Maha Kumbh, the seers relish known as off their Mauni Amavasya’s Amrit Snan.
A stampede-love effort broke out at Sangam earlier on Wednesday at the Sangam, the set numerous of us, alongside with girls and teenagers, suffered accidents.
“You may’ve considered what befell in the morning, and that’s why now we relish determined to… All of our saints and seers were ready for the ‘snan’ after we were instructed about this incident. That’s why now we relish determined to name off our ‘snan’ on ‘Mauni Amavasya’,” Mahant Ravindra Puri told PTI Videos.
As per tradition of the Kumbh Mela, Akharas belonging to the three sects ‘Sanyasi, Bairagi, and Udaseen’ grab the holy dip in a residing sequence following a great, scare-appealing procession to the Sangam Ghat.
The seers and saints, alongside with the ash-smeared Nagas, then immerse themselves in the sacred confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers on special bathing dates love the Mauni Amavasya, which may maybe be marked by special celestial alignments and regarded as holy amongst Hindus.
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