Hoping to rid themselves of bad karma nearly two million pilgrims and sanyasis took the holy dip at the Allahabad Sangam on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Wednesday, a group of Sadhus boycotted proceedings to demand clean water for the Snana, which was conducted amid elaborate security arrangements.
Downplaying the boycott district officials later feigned ignorance of the boycott but added that no untoward incident was reported during the Snana which was peaceful.
Men, womn, boys and girls thronged the ghats that reverberated with the chants of Bam-Bhole and Har-Har Gange.
Pilgrims from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, arrived at Sangam and took the holy dip at the confluence of river Ganga, Yamuna and mythological Saraswati.
Elaborate security arrangements were put in place for the day. Teams of ATS, STF, army trained QRT units, RAF and PAC personnel along with bomb disposal squad continued to man the area through Wednesday evening.
The state vice-president Hindu Jagran Manch, Neeraj Dwivedi confirmed that hundreds of saints and activists did not participate in the holy dip on Wednesday to press for adequate and clean water in the river Ganga.
He lamented that despite directives only 700 cusec water flowed in the river on Wednesday as against 2,500 cusecs sought by the manch.
Downplaying the boycott district officials later feigned ignorance of the boycott but added that no untoward incident was reported during the Snana which was peaceful.
Men, womn, boys and girls thronged the ghats that reverberated with the chants of Bam-Bhole and Har-Har Gange.
Pilgrims from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, arrived at Sangam and took the holy dip at the confluence of river Ganga, Yamuna and mythological Saraswati.
Elaborate security arrangements were put in place for the day. Teams of ATS, STF, army trained QRT units, RAF and PAC personnel along with bomb disposal squad continued to man the area through Wednesday evening.
The state vice-president Hindu Jagran Manch, Neeraj Dwivedi confirmed that hundreds of saints and activists did not participate in the holy dip on Wednesday to press for adequate and clean water in the river Ganga.
He lamented that despite directives only 700 cusec water flowed in the river on Wednesday as against 2,500 cusecs sought by the manch.
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