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Mahakumbh 2025 Live: 300 cottages, five bikes and five lakh cash burnt to ashes; Loss of more than 2.5 crores expected
Fire broke out in Sector 19 of Kumbh Mela – Photo : Prime look
Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 Live Updates: Around four o’clock, a fire broke out in the camps of Karpatra Dham Varanasi and Geeta Press Gorakhpur. The fire took a monstrous form and about 300 cottages made of bamboo and straw were reduced to ashes. Not only this, five bikes and five lakh rupees in cash also went up in flames.
09:32 PM, 19-Jan-2025
300 cottages burnt to ashes
A fire broke out in the camp of Karpatra Dham Varanasi and Geeta Press Gorakhpur in Sector-19 of the fair area on Sunday afternoon at around 4 pm. The fire took a monstrous form and about 300 cottages made of bamboo and straw were burnt to ashes. Not only this, five bikes and five lakh rupees in cash also fell prey to the fire. During the accident, more than 10 LPG cylinders kept in the cottages exploded. Fortunately, there was no loss of life, although two people from Haryana and Siliguri have been burnt due to the fire, who have been sent to the hospital. The fire brigade team, which reached the spot, promptly controlled the fire after about an hour of effort. A loss of more than 2.5 crores is feared in the accident. After the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspected the spot with three ministers and gave necessary instructions. 09:32 PM, 19-Jan-2025
4.5 lakh rupees of Gyan Prakash Shukla, who was doing Kalpvas, burnt
4.5 lakh rupees of Gyan Prakash Shukla of Varanasi, who was doing Kalpvas in the camp of Shrikarpatri Dham located in Sector 19, were burnt to ashes. Both his palms and his wife Geeta Shukla also got burnt while extinguishing the fire. Kalpvasi Gyan Prakash says, it was around four o’clock. He was with his wife in the camp. Then he started hearing the sound of fire-fire. When he came out, smoke was coming out from the hut in front. An attempt was made to extinguish the fire with the sand and water kept there, but in a short time the fire took a terrible form.
After the fire was extinguished, when Gyan Prakash reached to see the box kept in his camp, a crowd of people gathered there. Bundles of burnt 100-100 and 500-500 notes came out from the box. He told that he had come to do Kalpvas from January 10 itself. About four and a half lakh rupees were kept in the camp. Four lakh rupees were completely burnt to ashes. About fifty thousand rupees were left half burnt. Along with this, other items kept in the camp were also burnt to ashes.
09:13 PM, 19-Jan-2025
There was a problem of network, people were desperate to know the condition of their loved ones
After the cylinder blast incident, family members and acquaintances called to know the condition of the devotees who had come to take bath in Maha Kumbh, but due to the network failure, people faced some problems. Officials also kept getting calls from different districts. They kept taking information about the injured. A fire broke out on Sunday due to cylinder explosion under the railway bridge of Sector-19. When the news reached the people through social media, they called to know the condition of their loved ones.
Neeraj Kumar of Haryana, Padma Sutradhar of Siliguri and Ramesh Tiwari of Kunda Pratapgarh suffered minor burns in the fair. After first aid, the NDRF team took the injured with them to the camp. According to telecom sources, about 20 lakh people are using phones in the Maha Kumbh Mela. Due to this there is a disturbance in the network. Due to this the concern of the people has increased further. 08:50 PM, 19-Jan-2025 Minister AK Sharma met people associated with Gita Press Uttar Pradesh Minister AK Sharma met people associated with Gita Press. A fire broke out in the tent of Gita Press in the Maha Kumbh Mela in Sector-19 and the fire spread to the surrounding tents. The fire has been extinguished, there is no news of any casualties.
07:09 PM, 19-Jan-2025
Traffic management raised questions about traffic system
Akhilesh Yadav wrote on x, ‘Due to the closure of all the roads leading to Sangam, giving more importance to very special guests than pilgrims, devotees have to travel miles to reach the Maha Kumbh premises. Due to this, the elderly, children and women are facing extreme inconvenience, pain and fatigue. There is a jam like situation everywhere. The jam should be cleared immediately. No one should be more important than a true devotee. The traffic system should be such that everything runs smoothly parallel, the roads should not be closed for anyone. On the arrival of very special guests, the movement should be even more smooth and convenient, so that it seems that the system becomes better with the arrival of special people.’
06:57 PM, 19-Jan-2025
Do not do anything related to fire – Krishna Kumar Khemka, Trustee of Geeta Press
Krishna Kumar Khemka, Trustee of Geeta Press, said, “There were about 180 cottages built. We built them very carefully. Everyone was forbidden to do anything related to fire. The area beyond where we built the boundary was declared as a circulatory area. I don’t know to whom the administration gave that place… something related to fire came towards us from that side and the fire spread. Nothing remained of us, everything was destroyed. Our kitchen was made of tin shed and was concrete.”
5:50 PM, 19-Jan-2025
PM Modi talked to CM Yogi about the incident
The fire has been brought under control after a lot of hard work. The cause of the fire is not yet clear. Preparations have been made in the hospital after the fire incident. Thankfully, no casualties have been reported so far. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reached the spot to take stock of the incident. He has inspected the affected area and given necessary instructions to the officials. PM Modi has talked to CM Yogi about the incident.
04:34 PM, 19-Jan-2025
Massive fire in pandal under Shastri Bridge
A massive fire broke out in the pandal under Shastri Bridge in Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. Black smoke is rising hundreds of feet above. Due to which there was chaos there. Traffic has been stopped above the bridge. The fire is spreading rapidly. The fire brigade team has left for the spot. The cause of the fire is not yet clear.
According to the information, a fire has broken out in the camp of Akhil Bharatiya Dharma Sangh Shrikarpatri Dham Varanasi located at pontoon bridge 12 in Sector-19 of Mahakumbh Nagar. LPG cylinders kept in the camps are also engulfed in fire. More than fifty camps are engulfed in the incident.
03:07 PM, 19-Jan-2025
Rajasthan Chief Minister meets Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma met spiritual guru Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya Ji at Mahakumbh2025.
02:58 PM, 19-Jan-2025
“There is devotion and faith here”
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspected the exhibition of the state tourism department at the Maha Kumbh Mela. UP CM Yogi Adityanath said, “There is devotion and faith here, all the ghats are full of devotees. People are chanting ‘Har-Har Gange’ and taking a holy dip. This picture of India gives us the message of being free from caste discrimination.’
02:15 PM, 19-Jan-2025
CM observed the exhibition of the Tourism Department
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday observed the exhibition of the Tourism Department in the Maha Kumbh Mela area.
11:56 AM, 19-Jan-2025
No discrimination, no casteism anywhere: Modi
Speaking on the ongoing Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, PM Modi said that there is no discrimination, no casteism anywhere in this tradition that has been going on for thousands of years. People from the south of India come in it, people from the east and west of India come. In Kumbh, the rich and the poor all become one. On one hand, Kumbh is organized in Prayagraj, Ujjain, Nashik and Haridwar, similarly, in the southern part, Pushkaram takes place on the banks of Godavari, Krishna, Narmada and Kaveri rivers. Similarly, from Kumbakonam to Tirukkad-Yur, Kood-Vasal to Tirucherai, there are many such temples, whose traditions are associated with Kumbh. ‘Kumbh’, ‘Pushkaram’ and ‘Ganga Sagar Mela’ – these festivals of ours are festivals that enhance our social interaction, harmony and unity.
11:46 AM, 19-Jan-2025
Youth are participating in Kumbh in large numbers: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio program ‘Mann Ki Baat’ was run in the Mahakumbh of Prayagraj. In the 118th episode of Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “You must have seen that the youth are participating in Kumbh in large numbers. It is true that when the young generation connects with its civilization with pride, its roots become strong and its golden future is ensured. This time in Kumbh, we are also seeing digital footprints on a large scale.”
11:36 AM, 19-Jan-2025
Met CM Yogi
Mahi Guruji, founder and trainer of Meditation and Yoga Center in Italy, along with his followers, made a courtesy call on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow today. Women who returned from Prayagraj Mahakumbh recited Ramayana, Shiv Tandava and many bhajans in front of the Chief Minister.
11:05 AM, 19-Jan-2025
Delegation from Italy met CM Yogi
A delegation from Italy met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow. Women who returned from Prayagraj Mahakumbh recited Ramayana, Shiv Tandava and many bhajans in front of the Chief Minister.
10:04 AM, 19-Jan-2025
Morning Aarti at Triveni Sangam
Morning Aarti was performed at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
06:22 AM, 19-Jan-2025
Today, 19 women will be initiated into Naga ascetics
Female Naga Sadhu taking bath – Photo: PTI
Initiation to make women Naga Sanyasis will start from today. Women will also be given initiation according to the Guru tradition. Naga initiation will also be held on 26 and 27 January.
06:18 AM, 19-Jan-2025
Mahakumbh 2025 Live: 300 cottages, five bikes and five lakh cash burnt to ashes; loss of more than 2.5 crores expected
On the seventh day of the ongoing Maha Kumbh in Teerthraj Prayagraj, devotees are bathing with faith in Sangam. Initiation to make Naga Sanyasis in Maha Kumbh has started from yesterday. Today initiation will be given to women. On January 22, the UP Cabinet will also be in Maha Kumbh.
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