{"id":309591,"date":"2019-02-19T09:27:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T09:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=309591"},"modified":"2019-02-20T09:41:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T09:41:55","slug":"thousands-take-holy-dip-at-kumbh-on-occasion-of-maghi-purnima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/thousands-take-holy-dip-at-kumbh-on-occasion-of-maghi-purnima\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands take holy dip at Kumbh on occasion of &#8216;Maghi Purnima&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/union-minister-dr-harsh-vardhan-launches-special-weather-services-for-kumbh-mela-at-prayagraj\/kumbh-mela-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-308079\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-308079 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kumbh-mela-1-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/kumbh-mela-1-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/kumbh-mela-1-505x420.jpg 505w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/kumbh-mela-1.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a>Thousands of devotees, seers, pilgrims and tourists on Tuesday took a holy dip at Sangam \u2013 the confluence of three holy rivers &#8211; Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati &#8211; on the auspicious occasion of &#8220;Maghi Purnima&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Over a crore of devotees are expected to take the holy dip. A large number of foreigners are also witnessing the grand ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the heavy rush of people that started arriving in Kumbh since Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">In view of recent Pulwama terror attack, Security has been beefed up and special precautions are being taken in and around the Mela area, a police official said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">This is the final holy dip for the Kalpvasis, who will return to their homes on Tuesday after a month-long stay at Kumbh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Many special trains and buses of the Uttar Pradesh State Roadways Corporation (UPSRTC) have been deployed into service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The Kumbh will culminate on March 4, after the last bathing festival on the occasion of Mahashivratri.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of devotees, seers, pilgrims and tourists on Tuesday took a holy dip at Sangam \u2013 the confluence of three holy rivers &#8211; Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati &#8211; on the auspicious occasion of &#8220;Maghi Purnima&#8221;. Over a crore of devotees are expected to take the holy dip. A large number of foreigners are also witnessing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":308079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309597,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309591\/revisions\/309597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/308079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}