Mahakumbh 2025: Ash-smeared Naga Sadhus and saints from 13 akharas perform Amrit Snan on Makar Sankranti
Live MintMahakumbh 2025: Ash-smeared Naga Sadhus and saints from 13 akharas perform Amrit Snan on Makar Sankranti | See photos 15 Photos. Updated: 14 Jan 2025, 01:09 PM IST Share Via Mahakumbh 2025: Naga Sadhus, seers, and saints took part in a grand procession to perform Amrit Snan on Tuesday on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. 9/15Mahakumbh 2025: Hindu pilgrims take part in a mass bathing ritual in Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during Shahi Snan or ‘royal bath’ 10/15Mahakumbh 2025's first Amrit Snan has been held on the ocassion of Makar Sankranti, a harvest festival celebrated across India with huge joy and fervour. 11/15Mahakumbh 2025: A Naga Sadhu, or a Hindu holy man, stands as ash is applied on him before taking a holy dip during the first ‘Shahi Snan’ during the ‘Maha Kumbh Mela’ 12/15Mahakumbh 2025: Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Swami Avdheshanand of Juna Akhara said that Yaksha, Gandharva, and Kinnars, all took a holy dip today 13/15Mahakumbh 2025: Maha Kumbh began on January 13, will continue until February 26.