LUCKNOW, Feb. 25 -- The state government authorities are on their toes with multiple arrangements and diversions put in place for crowd management.

Several thousand vehicles and people stranded for long hours on different highways of the state, headed for the Sangam and to visit the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, on Wednesday.

Other than the rush for Prayagraj and Varanasi, a major spill over of devotees coming from faraway districts and states are heading towards other pilgrimage towns of Vindhyachal in Mirzapur, Ram temple in Ayodhya and Chitrakoot as well.

Over 2.5 crore devotees expected in Prayagraj while over 12 lakh devotees expected in Varanasi and over 8 lakh crowd expected in Ayodhya while returning from Maha Kumbh and ...