PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 4 -- In a city witnessing the gathering of millions of devotees for the world's biggest fair of faith, communal harmony and inter-religion amity are on full display.

While lakhs of sadhus, including the revered Naga ascetics, from several akhadas (monastic orders) headed towards the banks of Sangam in the wee hours of Monday for the Basant Panchami Snan, their regal outings were accompanied by musical bands, some of which were led by Muslims.

As the tent city geared up for the third and last Amrit Snan of the Mahakumbh on Basant Panchami, bandmasters and their groups waited patiently near bonfires set up outside the akhada camps to help them beat the early morning chill.

At the Mahanirwani Akhada camp, Mohd Irfan, along...