Mauni Amavasya holy dip at Mahakumbh

Mauni Amavasya the second holy dip begins wee hours today at  5.15 AM  at bank of holy confluence of tri rivers in Allahabad.  More than forty millions devotees across the world has reached the celebrated city and has taken bath, the unique and of its kind the holy gathering  enjoying the eternal time sacred place and religious fervour. A dip of faith for billions with embedded dedication holy sight of religious rituals to follow is ultimate delight of sacredness to mingle with eternity in physical  form.A Congregation of humanity of its kind in the world ,a connecting force for all human being to be in touch with Ultimate reality without any cult or creed.  For Leo sign with its best and excellent occasion for Pisces,Cancer, Libra sign the prosperity and peace is imminent. Mauni Amavasya make stellar  constellation combination  is great moment for all human being to catch this  sacred and spiritual time for holy dip at holy place. People across the world ranging from spiritual to materialistic world celebrity and commoner throng at MahaKumbh for the holy bath to banish their sin and purify their body,mind and soul.

On the auspicious bathing day of Mauni Amavasya today, a large number of devotees have been gathered at the ongoing Maha Kumbh congregation at the holy Sangam in Allahabad.

Devotees, including women and children, had started taking a dip since late night.

Around three crore devotees are expected to take a holy dip today.

The day marks the second Shahi snan (royal bath) of this mela; the first was the Makar Sankranti snan on 14^th January.

The Mauni Amavasya is considered the most auspicious of all the bathing days and is by far the biggest.

Mauni is derived from the word Muni, literally meaning an ascetic who practices silence.

Twenty-two ghats, spread across 14 sectors, including 12 on the north of the Ganga and with a total length of 18,000 feet, are in place for the snan.

The Shaivaite akharas, beginning with the Maha Nirvani and Atal Akharas would be the first to move towards the Sangam ghat in the early hours of Sunday.

They would be followed by the Niranjani, Anand, Juna, Awahan and Agni akharas.

The Vairagi akharas come next with the Nirmohi, Digambar Ani and Nirvani Ani akharas queueing up, and then the two Udasin Akharas, the Naya Udasin Panchayati and the Bada Udasin Panchayati akharas.

The Nirmala akhara will bring to a close the Shahi snan, which is scheduled to start at 6.15 a.m. and expected to last till 5 p.m.

The akharas have been allotted 30 minutes to 1 hour for the holy dip.

Tight security arrangements

Tight security arrangements have been put in place to tackle law and order problem and prevent stampedes and thwart any terrorist activity.

According to Senior Superintendent of Police (Kumbh Mela), R K S Rathore, commandos of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the Central Reserve Police Force and the Anti-Terrorism Squad have been deployed in sufficient strength at the sprawling Kumbh area of about 6,000 acres.

They will be assisted by more than 5,000 policemen drawn in from various parts of Uttar Pradesh and 4,000 personnel of Provincial Armed Constabulary.

Dog squads and bomb disposal squads have also been pressed into service, while watch towers have been established at various points from where security personnel will be having a bird's eye view while remaining in touch with control rooms for necessary action.

CCTV cameras have also been placed at various places to keep a tab on the movements of the people.

Vehicular traffic has been banned since this morning in the Kumbh area where a SP, an ASP, three Deputy SPs, five Traffic Inspectors, 10 Traffic sub-inspectors and 200 Traffic Constables have been deployed to take care of crowd management.

According to Kumbh Mela Officer Mani Prasad Mishra, "an appeal has been issued to all VIPs to either refrain from visiting the congregation, or if they must do so, not to expect the special security arrangements which are made available on normal days."