Summary:
Throughout the two-month duration of the ongoing Ardh Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, city resident Pushkar Upadhyay’s routine does not waver. And there is no dearth of people getting lost – it’s the Kumbh Mela after all! Their families eventually find them,” says Umashankar Tiwari, whose family has run the Bhoole Bhatke Shivir at the Kumbh Mela since 1954. “We have Kumbh every six years and the Magh Mela every year, but no one has got lost since 2013. He reaches the mela premises early in the morning and plants himself in the announcer’s booth at the Bhoole Bhatke Shivir, a privately-run lost-and-found camp..