UTTAR Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday that 62 crore devote eshave come to the Mahakumbh so farand the gathering of such a large number of people during a certain periodisinitself“oneof therarest events of the century”. Welcoming all the guests at the Unicorn Companies Conclavein Agra,ChiefMinister Yogisaid,“Icancallit theUnicorn Mahakumbh of the startup world. There is an attraction towards the Mahakumbh at this time.” He said,“This is important for me. Today, I have come to Braj Bhoomi,behindwhichtherehas been a spiritual and cultural background. It has influenced India’s civilisation and culture for a long time.” Chief Minister Adityanath while talking about the devotees coming to the Mahakumbh this time, said that so far 62crore devoteeshavecome tothe event. ‘I think that in any event in the world, whether it is spiritual or for any tourism purpose, the gathering of such a large number of people during a certain period of time in that ceremony and being united with that event, is in itself one of the rarest events of the century,’ he said. 

 

 

WHILE politics and diplomacy struggled to mend the bridge, faith seems to have pulled off the job with elan. In what looked to be the first official cultural exchange between India andBangladesh since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina Government in August last year and the subsequent unrest in the neighbouring nation where minority Hindus wereallegedly targeted, a group of Bangladeshi artistes were partly sponsored by the Muhammad Yunus regime to perform at the Mahakumbh. A six-member dance troupe from Bangladesh performed at the Kumbh’s 13,000-seater Ganga Pandal, the makeshift central cultural hub, on Saturday evening at the inaugural session of the 10th India InternationalDance andMusic Festival. The event was hosted jointly by the UP Government and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), whichworksunder theMinistry of External Affairs. 62 cr devotees have come to Kumbh: UP CM B