Mahakumbh Nagar, Jan. 31 -- The Kumbh Mela, often associated with stories of lost families, has taken an unusual turn. A Jharkhand family believes they have found their long-lost relative, but there's a twist-the man they claim is Gangasagar Yadav, who went missing 27 years ago, now lives as an Aghori monk and refuses to recognize them.

Gangasagar disappeared in 1998 after a trip to Patna, leaving behind his wife, Dhanwa Devi, and their two young sons. Over the years, the family had given up hope of ever finding him. But fate intervened when a relative attending the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj spotted a sadhu resembling Gangasagar and sent a photograph home.

Murli Yadav, Gangasagar's younger brother, along with Dhanwa Devi and her sons, rus...