Maha Kumbh: Akhadas Get Right of Way to Sangam

The day of the first Shahi Snan of Maha Kumbh, 2025, was, like always, primarily the day of the akhadas.

- PARAMITA GHOSH @Prayagraj

Shahi Snans are the red-letter days on the Kumbh timetable, and for the devout, who have come from far and wide to take a dip in the Sangam on the occasion of the first Shahi Snan of Makar Sankranti, there is a slight interruption in programme — when the Naga sadhus, their lithe bodies resplendent with ash and health, break into a run for the river.