Before leaving the land of Magh Mela, the seer said that his anguish was difficult to express in words. “Taking a dip in the Sangam is the path to the satisfaction of the inner soul, but my mind is so disturbed today that I am leaving here without bathing,” he said.
“Today, words fail me and my voice is heavy. We come to this sacred land of Prayagraj seeking spiritual peace, but today we return with a sense of emptiness and a heavy heart that we never imagined,” said Swami Avimukteshwaran and Saraswati.
He said the developments in Prayagraj shook his inner self and raised questions about the collective faith in justice and humanity.
On January 18, Swami Avimukteshwaranand was riding a stretcher to the Sangam – the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the fabled Saraswati River – on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya when a dispute erupted when administrative and police officials asked him to dismount and take a ritual bath on foot, citing large crowds.
The Mela administration claimed that Shankaracharya and his supporters broke the barricade on the pontoon bridge and moved towards the ghats, causing serious difficulty to the police in handling the situation.
After the incident, there was an exchange of accusations between Swami Avimukteshwaranand and the police administration and he finally left the Magh Mela on Wednesday without taking a dip.
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