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These religious sites will not be accessible to pilgrims for a month to allow maintenance. This was announced by chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, while officially declaring the end of the 49-day Kumbh Mela. Applauding the Kumbh core team, the CM announced all its members will be given one-month salary as bonus for successful completion of Kumbh. He also lauded the police for organizing a ‘safe kumbh’ and announced all policemen posted for Kumbh duty, would be honoured with Kumbh Seva Medals. Allahabad: Pilgrims coming to the Sangam can now have darshan of the centuries-old mythological tree, Akshayvat, and the ‘Saraswati Koop’ inside the once out-of-bounds Akbar Fort round the year, barring one month..