In Uttar Pradesh, more than two hundred delegates from all over the world arrived in Prayagraj and took holy bath at sangam today. They witnessed the cultural programmes at Sanskriti Gram. They will also see various wonderful aspects of Kumbh along with Akshay Vat and Saraswati koop in the latter half of day.

So far, more than 20 crore devotees have visited the Kumbh. The 49-day Kumbh Mela began on Makar Sankranti in January. The next holy bath will be on Maha Shivratri on the 4th of March. The Kumbh Mela will also culminate on the same day. Our correspondent reports that the visit is a part of global initiatives by Indian Council for Cultural Relations -ICCR, an autonomous organisation of central government under the theme to strengthen India’s external cultural relations.

Minister of State for External Affairs Gen V K Singh is leading the delegation of around 200 delegates of more than 150 countries.

This is third visit of foreign delegates in this Kumbh. On December 15 last year, diplomats from 72 foreign missions had arrived Prayagraj while during Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas in last week of January, a large number of NRIs were also visited Kumbh.