The month-long Magh Mela started on Friday 🌜with about 2 lakh devotees taking a bracing dip in the waters of the holy Sangam here on the occasion of 'Paush Purnima'. Devotees started flocki🐈ng to the bathing ghats from 4 am.
Sangam is a confluence of three rivers -- Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati. This year, 14 ghats have been built for the ease of devotees. Screens have been installed in a control centre for monitoring the entire area of th🌊e fair and crowd management,𓂃 an official of the Magh Mela administration said.
Five pont🐻oon bridges have been built on the Ganga river for the smooth movement of devotees. The entry of vehicles into the fair area is prohibited, he said.
