{"id":6214,"date":"2016-05-15T22:17:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T22:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=6211&amp;preview_id=6211"},"modified":"2016-05-15T22:17:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T22:17:27","slug":"5-5-crore-devotees-have-taken-dip-in-simhastha-kumbh-mela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=6214","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;5.5 crore devotees have taken dip in Simhastha Kumbh mela&#8217; &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>UJJAIN (MP): Around 5.5 crore devotees have so far taken a holy dip in the Kshipra river, where Simhastha Kumbh mela started late last month, a Madhya Pradesh Minister said on Sunday.&#8221;According to our estimate, around 5.50 crore faithful have taken a holy dip in the Kshipra river so far,&#8221; Simhastha-Kumbh Mela In-charge minister Bhupendra Singh told reporters here.<\/p>\n<p>The mega festival, the biggest religious gathering on earth, commenced on April 22 and will go on till May 21.<\/p>\n<p>The response till now has exceeded expectations. The government had estimated that 5 crore people will take part in the month-long mela, said the Transport Minister.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But our target has been surpassed and going by the influx of devotees, 7 crore people are likely to take a holy dip by May 21,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The pilgrims were thronging the mela in large numbers despite inclement weather causing disruptions at the site, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hailstorm, rainfall and squall have twice hit the Kumbh this month, leaving seven dead and more than 40 injured.<\/p>\n<p>The state government has spent more than Rs 3,600 crore on making preparations for the gigantic religious event. A part of this amount came from the Centre, the Minister added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/5-5-crore-devotees-have-taken-dip-in-Simhastha-Kumbh-mela-so-far\/articleshow\/52283159.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u20185.5 crore devotees have taken dip in Simhastha Kumbh mela so far\u2019 \u2013 Times of India<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UJJAIN (MP): Around 5.5 crore devotees have so far taken a holy dip in the Kshipra river, where Simhastha Kumbh mela started late last month, a Madhya Pradesh Minister said on Sunday.&#8221;According to our estimate, around 5.50 crore faithful have taken a holy dip in the Kshipra river so far,&#8221; Simhastha-Kumbh Mela In-charge minister Bhupendra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1159],"tags":[1537,1471,1448,1349,260],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}