Mysuru, Feb. 13 -- Traffic jams were the order of the day at T. Narasipur town in the district yesterday, that hosted the three-day Kumbha Mela, at Triveni Sangama.

The number of devotees swelled yesterday, the last day of the religious event, as hordes of devotees came from Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Kodagu, Chamarajanagar and Bengaluru districts, apart from other States like Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. Most of them came in their own vehicles, holding up the vehicular traffic on the road leading to Triveni Sangama.

It was common to see the vehicles stranded up to 2 to 3 kms, with a large number of vehicles coming from Mysuru, Nanjangud, Bannur, Malavalli, Chamarajanagar and Kollegal sides. The devotees were forced to park their...