Uttar Pradesh
Digital Ticket Booking for Kumbh Mela 2025
- 01 Jan 2025
- 3 min read
Why in News?
Recently, the Railways has introduced jackets with QR scanners for volunteers to digitize ticket bookings for passengers ahead of the Kumbh Mela 2025.
Key Points
- Deployment of Officials:
- North Central Railway officials from the Prayagraj division will wear fluorescent green jackets with QR codes embedded at the back.
- Devotees can scan the QR code to access the Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) mobile app.
- The app allows passengers to book unreserved tickets digitally, avoiding long queues.
- Railways will operate over 10,000 regular trains and more than 3,000 special trains during the event.
- North Central Railway officials from the Prayagraj division will wear fluorescent green jackets with QR codes embedded at the back.
- Mahakumbh Rail Seva 2025 App:
- The Railways has launched an app and portal to provide train schedules, guest house information, helpline numbers, and more.
- 28 guest houses with a capacity of 1.3 lakh devotees will accommodate visitors.
- A toll-free number 1800-4199-139 has been active since 1st November, 2024.
- From 1st January 2025, the helpline will operate 24x7, with multilingual call operators proficient in Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, and Bengali.
- Railway announcements will be made in 12 languages, including Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, and Assamese.
Kumbh Mela
- About:
- It is the largest peaceful congregation of pilgrims on earth, during which participants bathe or take a dip in a sacred river. This gathering takes place at 4 different places, namely:
- In Haridwar, on the banks of the Ganges.
- In Ujjain, on the banks of Shipra.
- In Nashik, on the banks of Godavari (Dakshin Ganga).
- In Prayagraj, at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the mythical invisible Saraswati.
- It is the largest peaceful congregation of pilgrims on earth, during which participants bathe or take a dip in a sacred river. This gathering takes place at 4 different places, namely:
- Different Types of Kumbh:
- The Kumbh Mela is celebrated 4 times over a course of 12 years.
- At Haridwar and Prayagraj, Ardh-Kumbh Mela is held every 6th year.
- The Maha Kumbh Mela is celebrated at Prayag after 144 years (after 12 ‘Purna Kumbh Melas’).
- Maagh Kumbh is celebrated every year in the month of Maagh (Jan-Feb) in Prayagraj.
