India, Feb. 18 -- Actor Chandan Roy Sanyal was attending an event in Lucknow when he received an invitation from the organisers to visit the Maha Kumbh. He refers to it as 'divine intervention' that the trip came together for him. As he puts it, "Yeh sab cheezein apne aap ho jaati hain. Mujhe bulawa aaya, toh main aa gaya idhar! I reached on February 10, and got to stay for five days."

This was his first experience at Kumbh, and he reflects on the sheer scale of the event: "Millions of people were there. I am privileged because I got to fly in an aeroplane, was fetched from the airport, put up in a hotel near the ghat. I saw millions walking on the roads, with their kids on their head. It shows the faith people have."

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