Mahakumbh 2025- Yogi government to rejuvenate the pilgrimage sites of Prayagraj

Prayagraj|Regarding Mahakumbh-2025, Yogi government is engaged on war footing in rejuvenating the pilgrimages of Prayagraj. The state government has announced a huge budget to give divine darshan to the devotees of the grandeur and newness of Kumbh city. Akshayavat has great mythological importance.

Akshay Vat has also been mentioned in the travelogue of great poet Kalidas’ Raghuvansh and Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang. It is said that by just seeing Akshayavat one attains eternal virtue. Four ancient banyan trees are considered in India. Akshayvat-Prayagraj, Gridhvat-Soro ‘Shukarkshetra’, Siddhavat-Udain and Vakshayavat is situated in Akbar’s fort on the banks of Yamuna. There was a ban on its darshan during the Mughal period. Even during the British period and in independent India, the sight of the tree was rare due to the fort being under the control of the army. The state government had opened it for common people to have darshan and worship of Akshayavat in the past 2018. Many development projects have been approved by the Yogi government for pilgrimage sites of mythological importance. Corridor work is also underway here.

Famous saint and head of Shri Ram Janaki Mahal, Swami Dilip Das Tyagi, who reached Prayagraj from Ayodhya, said that various methods were adopted during the Mughal period to end the existence of Akshayavat. It was cut and burnt dozens of times, but those who did so failed. After a few months of cutting and burning, Akshayavat would come back into its form. He said that the beautification and development work started by the Yogi government regarding Akshay Vat is welcome. After taking bath in Sangam in Mahakumbh, devotees will get virtue by seeing it.