The festival coincides with Republic Day, a national holiday, therefore the authorities estimate that over 1.25 crore pilgrims would be present here for the occasion. Traffic restrictions and diversions measures went into effect on Tuesday night and would last until Friday night, as pilgrims began to arrive from all around the nation.
Magh Mela 2023: Basant Panchami Snan Mahurat
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According to the Panchang, Magh Shukla Panchami will be on January 25, 2023, from 12.34 pm to January 26, 2023, at 10.28 am.
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On the day of Vasant Panchami, after baths, etc. in the morning, wear clean yellow or white colored clothes.
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Install an idol or picture of Maa Saraswati at the place of worship. Bathe Mother Saraswati with Ganga water and then put yellow clothes on them.
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After this, offer yellow flowers, akshat, white sandalwood or yellow roli, yellow gulal, incense, lamp, smell etc. Put a garland of marigold flowers around Maa Saraswati.
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Offer yellow sweets to Maa Saraswati. After this, worship Mother Saraswati with Saraswati Vandana and Mantra. If you want, you can also recite Saraswati Kavach at the time of worship.
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At last, prepare the Havan material by making a Havan Kund and perform the Havan by chanting the mantra 'Om Shri Saraswatyai Namah: Swaha'. Then do the Aarti of Maa Saraswati while standing.
Magh Mela 2023: Basant Panchami Snan Preparations in Prayagraj
To guarantee that no one is troubled, divisional commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant and mela adhikari (mela officer) Arvind Kumar Chauhan have asked the officials to make the same preparations that were made for the largest bathing festival of the Magh Mela on Mauni Amavasya on January 21.
"Everything is being done as scheduled. In order to prevent crowding at any particular location or route, pilgrims and visitors will enter and exit via separate pathways, according to mela Adhikari Arvind Chauhan.
According to officials, the lost and found center will now have more volunteers. Additionally, a group of volunteers at the railway stations will be in touch with mela officials directly to provide information about the movement of trains so that it can be presented on display boards in the mela area, according to officials.
Recent rain has caused mud on some routes, and it has been ordered to deposit fresh, dry sand over such areas. For the convenience of pilgrims, trains and buses with special accommodations will be operated by Railways and the Uttar Pradesh State Roadways Transport Corporation.
The Prayag and Rambagh railway stations will run mela special trains, according to railway officials. 13 mela specials were held on Mauni Amavasya due to the highest attendance, but currently just four fair specialties are being run on Basant Panchami. According to officials, the Banaras-Prayagraj mela special train number 05110 would depart from Rambagh on January 26 in the morning.
