The Magh Mela authorities have started the land allotment work for the annual religious fair. The land is being allotted to seers, religious and cultural organisations and institutions to set up camps on the banks of the Ganga. The Magh Mela is a 54-day religious fair that will commence from January 15. It will have six main bathing days and a tent city will be set up across 750 hectares.
Dandi Swami and Mela administration officials perform bhumi pujan in Prayagraj on Monday
Prayagraj: Prayagraj Mela Authority (PMA) started allotting land to seers, individuals and organisations for setting up camps at Magh Mela ground on Monday. The move marks the formal start of preparations for the Magh Mela.
Magha Mela would start on January 14 next year with the Makar Sankranti snan and culminate on March 11 on Mahashivratri.
Prayagraj Mela Authority (PMA) had finalised the schedule for land allotment after several rounds of meetings.
The administration said that if a seer, individual or organisation does not attend the Magh Mela due to the pandemic, they would not have to face any shortage of the usual facilities extended to them when the fair is organised again in 2022.
PRAYAGRAJ: With the land allotment work for seers, saints, kalpwasis and other spiritual and religious organisation beginning from Monday, saints and seers associated with Dandi Bara and Dandi Swami Nagar on Sunday demanded Magh Mela authorities that adequate space be allotted to saints and seers for the strict following of Covid protocol.
The Magh Mela authorities would allot land to seers and organisations wanting to set up camps on the Magh Mela ground from December 21. The land allotment process would be completed between December 21 and January 5. Magh Mela will commence from January 14, 2021. The land allotment for Dandi Swami Nagar and Dandi Bada Marg will be held on Monday and Tuesday.