Due to the Mahakumbh stampede incident, the Akharas have called off their traditional 'Amrit Snan' for Mauni Amavasya, even as devotees in large numbers continued to take a dip at Sangam and other ghats in the Mela area.

Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad president Mahant Ravindra Puri on Wednesday said that due to the stampede-like situation at Maha Kumbh, the seers have called off their

A "stampede-like" situation broke out at the Sangam during the ongoing Maha Kumbh on Wednesday. Multiple causalties are feared as a massive crowd of pilgrims gathered for a holy bath on Mauni Amavasya,