Mahakumbh 2025, Feb. 24 -- Over 600 million devotees have taken a holy dip at the Mahakumbh so far, and the numbers are expected to rise further.

Mahakumbh 2025 also witnessed the Ambanis, and several other international icons such as Laurene Powell, Chris Martin, who took a sacred dip in the Triveni Sangam. The 'spiritual appeal' even made visitors pay up to 300 per cent more for flights, accommodation and local transport.

Despite such a boom, the locals are not happy. One Reddit user recently posted that 'Prayagraj is exhausted', and desperately appealed to visitors to avoid the holy gathering.

"But now it's 19th February. The last Amrit Snan is already done. We are literally in the ending phase of Mahakumbh. So why the hell is the c...