LUCKNOW, Feb. 11 -- Despite traffic jams and related problems that devotees travelling to Prayagraj for Mahakumbh from various cities faced during their journey, their faith and determination remained firm helping them overcome the ordeal. HT spoke to a number of visitors about their experience.

Archana and her husband Sanjay Agarwal, a businessman from Kanpur, are yet to come to terms with what all they went through during their 200 km journey to Prayagraj by car.

It took the duo and their two other family members 16 long hours to reach the Sangam city from their home. They claimed that they left home at 4 am in a bid to reach Kumbh area latest by 10 am. However, they could reach the Sangam city only by 8 pm.

"All we could see was row...