PTI photo Over 1.60 crore devotees took the holy dip, or Shahi Snan, at the Sangam in Allahabad between ... during medieval times and gradually evolved into communities of martial monks to protect the ...

After taking a dip in the sacred ... detours to the Hindu holy cities of Varanasi and Ayodhya before returning to study. Dressed in saffron robes, the trident-wielding monk calls himself Jogiraj ...