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'One double room with mod cons, please'
Devotees wait for accommodation. The population of Prayag/Allahabad, two million on an ordinary day, soars during the Kumbh. Most pilgrims find space for themselves in the acres of tents near the banks of the Ganga. The government has set up special watchtowers to keep an eye in case of a fire, a major threat at the Kumbh, as cooking fires mushroom.

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