Mahant Ravindra Puri, the head of the Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad, announced on Wednesday that the traditional bathing ritual of all the akharas has been postponed due to overcrowding at the Sangam ghat during the Maha Kumbh. Multiple casualties were feared after a stampede at the Sangam in the early hours as millions of pilgrims […]

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