Until
friday evening, on the occasion of Mahashivratri, around 9 lakh
people bathed in Sangam. The 54-day Magh
mela has officially ended with the sixth and last bathing day. The massive sands of the Sangam will now host the
police and administrative arrangements, and the planning for the Mahakumbh the following year will pick up steam. On the final day of Mahashivratri, 9.70 lakh devotees, according to administrative officials, took the holy bath at Sangam and other prominent ghats until 6 pm.
Beginning early in the morning, devotees began to arrive at Sangam. According to officials, 4 lakh devotees bathed until 8 a.m. The weather was nice and sunny, so the devoted continued to arrive in big numbers. Additionally, the devotees took the sacred Sangam water to present it during "Shivling" and to do puja at
shiva temples. To prevent any untoward occurrence, Jal
police, PAC, and NDRF personnel maintained a tight eye on all ghats while administrative and
police authorities stayed on alert at Magh Mela.
Shankar Mahadevan, the Grammy Award-winning
singer and composer, is facing criticism for his Bollywood-inspired performance on
friday night at the spectacular Mahashivratri
festival held at the Isha Foundation.
social media has been inundated with images and videos of the musician's captivating performance. A segment of
social media users expressed confusion at witnessing the singer-composer play
bollywood tunes, despite the singer-composer's admirers applauding him for drawing the
audience into the captivating realm of Lord Shiva.