Hospitals have been built at three police stations premises on National Highway 19 between Varanasi and Prayagraj for the convenience of devotees coming to the holy city for Maha Kumbh.

Superintendent of Police Abhimanyu Manglik on Sunday said that hospitals have been built in Aurai, Gopiganj and Unj police station premises of the Bhadohi district.

All the three hospitals will start functioning smoothly today.

Getting separated at the Kumbh Mela and reuniting miraculously decades later is a common Bollywood storyline. In reality too, there have been several incidents where people have got lost at the massive fair. To avoid this situation during the Maha Kumbh mela which is expected to host around 45 crore people, two sisters have come up with an innovative solution - tie up each other.

Sisters Gita and Lalita, residents of Jharkhand, have tied their bangles on each of their hands with a red ribbon. They have roamed around Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj for the last two days being tied to each other and will continue to do so till they are attending the Maha Kumbh festival.

As the first 'Amrit Snan' of Maha Kumbh 2025 is being performed on Makar Sankranti on Tuesday and several Akharas have reached the Sangam to take the holy bath, DGP Uttar Pradesh Prashant Kumar informed the total number of devotes who had taken dip in the Sangam has crossed the 10 million mark.

More than 250 individuals, who were separated from their families in the dense crowd in the early hours of the first day of Maha Kumbh 2025, were reunited through efficient measures by the fair administration, officials said.

To manage the enormous gathering, the Uttar Pradesh government implemented several crowd-control initiatives, including 'Bhula-Bhatka' camps, police assistance centres and deployment of personnel on specially constructed watchtowers for the Mela. These camps feature dedicated sections for lost women and children, along with 'Khoya-Paya' (Lost and Found) centres equipped with digital tools and social media assistance.

Maha Kumbh Mela, dubbed the largest gathering of humanity in the world, is expected to bring more than 40 crore people to Prayagraj. The event, being held after 12 years, has been set up at around 4,000 hectares and will continue till February 26. It is expected to give a massive boost to the economic growth of Uttar Pradesh, the most populated state in India, which allocated around Rs 7,000 crore budget for the 45-day-long mega event. 

According to estimates, the event may generate Rs 2 lakh crore if each of 40 crore visitors spends an average of Rs 5,000.

As devotees took their first 'Amrit Snan' (sacred bath) at the Maha Kumbh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath shared pictures and said it is the "living form of our eternal culture and faith".

"Today, on the auspicious occasion of the great festival of folk faith 'Makar Sankranti', congratulations to all the devotees who earned virtue by taking the first 'Amrit Snan' at the Triveni Sangam in Mahakumbh-2025, Prayagraj!," he wrote.

Millions reached Prayagraj to take a holy dip in the Ganga river, as the world's largest religious gathering Maha Kumbh 2025 began on Monday. Its many attendees were adding colour to the event, one of them being a biker seer.

Visuals showed the seer riding into the Maha Kumbh tent city on a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Another seer known as 'Splendor' baba undertook a 14-day journey from Gujarat on a three-wheeler motorcycle, according to news agency ANI. Chabhi wale Baba, meanwhile, roams around with a 20 kg key.

The procession of Niranjani Akhada is heading towards the Sangam for the first 'Amrit Snan' of Maha Kumbh. Sadhus of the 13 Akhadas of the Sanatan Dharma will take a holy dip.

"It's a matter of happiness for us that Shmbhu Panchayati Atal Akhara and Mahanirvani Panchayati Akhada are going together to have 'Amrit Snan'. It has been a tradition that Naga Sadhus are kept ahead," Naga Baba Pramod Giri of the Shambu Panchayati Atal Akhara said.

Not just Indian but several foreign devotees as well  participated in the first 'Amrit Snan' (sacred bath) at the Maha Kumbh on Tuesday. They also gathered to sing bhajans, blending into the devotional ambience. They sang 'Om Jai Jagdish Hare' and 'Mahishasura Mardini Stotram,' adding their voices to the sacred chants of the gathering.

Millions of devotees took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam on Tuesday morning, marking the first 'Amrit Snan' (bath) of the Maha Kumbh 2025.