Coming full circle after a gap of 95 years, all the three ‘amrit snans’ (formerly ‘shahi snans’) organised in 1930 and 2025 Kumbh Mela have occurred on the same dates and days. Records with National Archives of India reveal the three special bathing days of Makar Sankranti, Mauni Amavasya and Basant Panchami took place on Jan 14 (Tuesday), Jan 29 (Wednesday) and Feb 3 (Monday), respectively, in 2025 Kumbh after a gap of 95 years, reports Shalabh. In 1930, the mela lasted a month, from Jan 14 and Feb 13, which was attended by an estimated 2.1 crore devotees. Tragedy had struck on Mauni Amavasya day in 1930 when an elephant ran amok for 20 minutes killing several people before halting in the Yamuna.
Vedic scholar and a faculty member at the Lucknow University, Shyamlesh Kumar Tiwari said: “What is seen as a coincidence can be described as an interesting concept of time called ‘Kaalchakra’. Events keep recurring in the cosmology as per ‘chaturyuga’.”