PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 8 -- Leaving behind the comforts of their home, thousands of pilgrims have temporarily settled for a month near the Sangam banks in Prayagraj to spend the days in austerity as Kalpawasis.

Apart from the elderly, the youths too have shown similar enthusiasm this time in performing Kalpawas at the ongoing 44-day Magh Mela-2026.

Even the biting cold, icy winds, and low temperatures have failed to deter their unwavering faith.

Kalpawas is a rigorous tradition in which participants renounce all worldly comforts, live in tents on the riverbank, and follow strict routines of meditation, conduct, and diet for an entire month-from Paush Purnima (January 3) to Magh Purnima (February 1). Those who commit to Kalpawas traditionally ...