Key Highlights
- On Wednesday, on the occasion of Ekadashi, over 85 lakh people had taken a dip in the river.
- Pilgrims were urged here to complete the ritual bath and move ahead without spending unnecessary time at the ghats, and refrain from using oil and soap.
- Speaking to PTI Videos, District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma said devotees began bathing early in the morning, and the process continued smoothly throughout the day at the Sangam as well as sector-wise ghats.
- He said public announcements and police personnel were regularly informing pilgrims to take the dip in an orderly manner and proceed towards their destinations so that incoming devotees do not face inconvenience.
- “We have also appealed to devotees not to use oil and soap at the ghats so that incoming pilgrims do not face any difficulty or inconvenience,” Verma said.
