The Maha Kumbh Mela continues to be one of the most important festivals still taking place, inviting people from all over the world to visit the Prayagraj and embrace its spirituality.
However, the festival that recently made a new record with over 27.58 crore devotees taking a dip in Sangam in Prayagraj has seen its share of troubles and problems.
A fire on January 19 due to an exploding gas cylinder caused 18 temporary tents to be destroyed. While that didn’t report any injuries, tragedy did follow when a stampede broke out at the festival grounds on January 29, which resulted in the death of 30 people and 60 getting injured.
Now, a YouTuber has also highlighted that sanitation and hygiene might be an issue to pay attention to as well in the Maha Kumbh Mela.
What Did The YouTuber Reveal?
Nidhi Chaudhary, an astrologer and a YouTuber shared videos on her official X/Twitter page expressing shock and disgust at seeing human waste at the river banks while at the Maha Kumbh Mela.
Why ?
#Sangam pic.twitter.com/72wmDWuDDl— Nidhi Chaudhary (@thenidhii) January 28, 2025
Chaudhary posted two videos on 28 January where in one she can be heard saying, “What is this, people have made a complete mess of things. Logon ne potty kari hui hai yaar. (People have relieved themselves here). There are gutka packets, and bottles and there are faeces all over the place. I am feeling so sad. I feel like crying. How can they relieve themselves here?”
Just a few days later on January 30, she shared another video where she talked about how cab drivers were charging extremely high prices from the airport to the Kumbh location and many times there were no rides available at all.
Chaudhary claimed that some taxi drivers were charging a whopping Rs. 15,000 to 20,000 to take her to the airport.
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However, interestingly this has instead brought anger and trolling against the YouTuber where netizens either claimed that this video was not necessary and she is showing just the bad side without the good side or they commented on how this was bound to happen in such a large scale event.
One user commented, “I didn’t recognize you with clothes and this kind of video isn’t needed! Ye shaklen bana bana ke koi change nahi aayeg! You should have gotten a bucket and shovel to pick up all the shit! That would be making a statement! Right now you just seem like a c grade wannabe actress.”
Another user wrote, “You should be ashamed. This is a mockery of the faith of Hindus” while a third commented, “When 10 crore people come to a place, the situation can’t be as rosy as your sunglass, a few things can go out of order, but instead of praising the good things, all you doing is present things as totally negative. You wanted 7-star treatment, go to the Bahamas, btw you will find live scenes of people doing potty on the beaches there … so, stop sulking.”
Some also claimed this was not the main ghat and accused the YouTuber of spreading misinformation. One user wrote, “You should share the location of this place instead of acting irresponsibly, this is not the main ghat because they have sandbags on the banks to help pilgrims stand firmly while bathing. Since you are trying to sensationalise and bring disrepute tagging @DM_PRAYAGRAJ.”
Someone also commented, “This is wrong. You should be ashamed. This is playing with the faith of Hindus. No Muslim makes such videos during any Muslim event. Being a Hindu, you have turned against Hindus. You are defaming them. Yogi ji is watching everything.”
There were some, however, who agreed with Chaudhary and urged the authorities to take action and implement the rules more strictly along with also chastising the people who commit such acts.
One wrote, “You did the right thing by recording this video; otherwise, people wouldn’t believe that something like this could happen. These days, people try to justify almost anything. I’ve seen so many comments attempting to justify this.”
Another replied, “We can’t even speak the truth cause the truth hurts their so called religion which is still living in an era without basic civic sense & toilets. Worst part is, things have reached to the point that even after they can see the harsh reality, they’ll troll you instead for exposing it.”
Another user wrote, “I don’t understand why people are mocking her. She just revealed reality. We get offended too easily, in every faith cleanliness is close to God. Cleanliness should be another aspect of our faith. God has always instructed us to be clean and to keep our surroundings neat and tidy.”
One user commented, “Govts also doesn’t have the common sense to educate people about how to take bath in holy rivers. People also blindly go there without knowing the procedure. We should take bath at home then go there for taking dip and for spiritual activities. But people have forgotten it!”
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