Around 90 thousand inmates lodged in 75 prisons across Uttar Pradesh were given a chance to take the holy bath of Mahakumbh, with the officials bringing in some of the holy water of Triveni Sangam to the jails of various cities in Lucknow, Ayodhya and Aligarh.
According to officials, the Sangam Triveni water was mixed with regular water and stored in small tanks, allowing the inmates to take the sacred bath and offer prayers at the jail itself.
UP’s minister of Prisons, Dara Singh Chauhan, while attending the event in Lucknow said that around 90 thousand inmates were given the chance to take the holy dip.