India, Jan. 29 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has appealed to devotees in Prayagraj to not go towards the Sangam Nose, and to carry out their bathing rituals at other ghats near the Ganga, in the aftermath of a stampede at the Triveni Sangam.

The stampede took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning as a large crowd of people arrived at the bathing site on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya.

The chief minister informed devotees that there are several bathing ghats which have been built for devotees to use to celebrate the Mauni Amavasya safely as authorities conduct rescue operations near the Sangam Nose.

CM Yogi in a post on X also asked people to follow the instructions of the administration, cooperate in making ar...