Kumbh Mela ends, 70 lakh participated in 'scaled down' event held amid Covid surge

The Kumbh Mela came to an end on Friday. A total of seventy lakh people participated in the major religious event even as the second wave of Covid-19 raged on in the country.

Seventy lakh devotees participated in Haridwar’s Kumbh Mela, the mammoth religious congregation which ended Friday after triggering a scare that it might have acted as a coronavirus ‘super-spreader”. @AvdheshanandG Despite the huge number of people gathering around Haridwar to take a dip in the holy Ganga, the 2021 event was a comparatively modest event -- reduced to just one month and scaled down midway due to the raging pandemic. Held over three months in normal circumstances, the Kumbh Mela this time formally begun as late as April 1 due to concerns over Covid-19.