{"id":17126,"date":"2025-02-05T12:15:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T06:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=17126"},"modified":"2025-02-05T12:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T06:30:27","slug":"pm-modi-arrives-in-prayagraj-to-take-holy-dip-at-sangam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/pm-modi-arrives-in-prayagraj-to-take-holy-dip-at-sangam\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi arrives in Prayagraj to take holy dip at Sangam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in Uttar Pradesh&#8217;s Prayagraj to take a holy dip at Triveni Sangam in the ongoing Mahakumbh 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister took a boat ride in the Yamuna river with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister will take a holy dip at the Sangam and offer prayers to Maa Ganga.<\/p>\n<p>Mahakumbh 2025, which commenced on Paush Purnima (January 13, 2025), is the world&#8217;s largest spiritual and cultural gathering, attracting devotees from across the globe. The Mahakumbh will continue until Mahashivratri on February 26.<\/p>\n<p>In line with his commitment to promote and preserve India&#8217;s spiritual and cultural heritage, the prime minister has consistently taken proactive steps to enhance infrastructure and facilities at pilgrimage sites.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, during his visit to Prayagraj on December 13, 2024, the prime minister inaugurated 167 development projects worth Rs 5,500 crore, improving connectivity, amenities and services for the general public.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, by 8 a.m. on Wednesday, over 3.748 million devotees had taken a holy dip in the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mystical Saraswati, increasing the deep spiritual fervour surrounding the grand religious congregation.<\/p>\n<p>This includes more than 10 lakh Kalpvasis and 2.748 million pilgrims who arrived in the early hours to seek divine blessings.<\/p>\n<p>According to Uttar Pradesh government data, the total number of bathers since the commencement of Mahakumbh has exceeded 382 million as of February 4, underling the event&#8217;s unparalleled spiritual and cultural significance.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, on Tuesday, Bhutan&#8217;s King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk, during his visit to Prayagraj for the Mahakumbh-2025, participated in several significant spiritual activities.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the two leaders offered prayers at the Lete Hanuman Mandir and visited the Digital Mahakumbh Experience Centre. (ANI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in Uttar Pradesh&#8217;s Prayagraj to take a holy dip at Triveni Sangam in the ongoing Mahakumbh 2025. Prime Minister took a boat ride in the Yamuna river with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The Prime Minister will take a holy dip at the Sangam and offer prayers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17128,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17126\/revisions\/17128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}