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Mahakumbh a mahayagya of unity: PM Modi in Prayagraj

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday described the Mahakumbh 2025 as a “mahayagya of unity,” which would take the country’s cultural and spiritual identity to new heights, emphasising the event’s role in promoting social cohesion as well as economic empowerment of communities. It is an event where every kind of discrimination is sacrificed and every Indian who takes a dip in the holy confluence here represents a beautiful picture of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshta Bharat’, he said, addressing a public gathering in Prayagraj after inaugurating 167 development projects worth ₹5,500 crore. Referring to the mammoth scale of the Mahakumbh, the prime minister said that it was one of the largest gatherings in the world where hundreds of thousands of devotees arrived daily for the mahayagya lasting 45 days and a whole new city was set up for the fair. The others present included Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh, UP BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhary, tourism minister Jaiveer Singh, industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi, khadi and village industries minister Rakesh Sachan, energy minister Arvind Kumar Sharma, fisheries minister Sanjay Nishad, transport minister Dayashankar Singh, Prayagraj mayor Ganesh Kesarwani, district panchayat president VK Singh, MLA Siddharth Nath Singh and other public representatives.

Hindustan Times

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