India, Jan. 29 -- MAHAKUMBH NAGAR Prayagraj saw an unprecedented surge of pilgrims on Tuesday with over 7 crore devotees jostling their way into the Mela area and its periphery for Mahakumbh's second Amrit Snan on Mauni Amavasya, the mahurat for which began at 7.35pm.

An anticipated 8-10 crore devotees taking the holy dip at Sangam on Mauni Amavasya is a rare challenge faced by the Mahakumbh administration that has chalked out a strategy to maintain order in the Tent City all through the day, specially during mahurat timings (for the snan) spanning between 7.35pm on Tuesday and 6.18 pm on Wednesday.

A whopping 4.83 crore devotees bathed in Sangam waters between 12am and 8pm during the day with 28 lakh taking the holy dip with each passi...