Drove from Hyderabad to the Mahakumbh: My experience in detail

We were advised to plan the entry to Prayagraj after 11pm since cars were not allowed during daytime.

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Sharing my experience although from a week back.

We started on 7th morning 6am from Hyderabad and reached Jabalpur by 7.30pm. On the way, we were offered a place to stay at a ghats camp by a elderly person known through a friend. We were advised to plan the entry to Prayagraj after 11pm since cars were not allowed during daytime. So we decided to head to Varanasi first.

Next day morning 4am we woke and started to Varanasi and reached by 1pm. Visited temples and ghats at Varanasi. We wanted to complete Kashi Vishwanath darshan but looking at the crowd of devotees and 6hrs waiting time didn't want to risk the Prayagraj plan so we skipped the darshan.

We started from Varanasi at 10pm and reached Prayagraj like 1am, from one of the parking lots we started on foot for the Triveni Sangam. It was a decent 5km.walk. took the holy dip at 3.30am and started back to Jabalpur at 5.30am. Since the whole place was barricaded, we were essentially locked down in Prayagraj and finally at 9am we were allowed to cross one barricade and rerouted by local roads to avoid highway. It was a tough 6hr drive on local roads till we reached the highway.

After driving some distance, at like 8pm Google maps indicated a 2 hrs delay due to an accident on the highway to Jabalpur. Considering the situation ,we decided to break for dinner and hoping traffic will be eased out by then. After dinner still the situation was same, we tried to book a local stay to get some rest but no rooms were available. Finally decision was made to sleep in the car rather than driving through the heavy highway traffic. We slept at 10.30pm.

Next day morning 2am we started back to Hyderabad and thankfully the highway was clear. Overall it was a memorable trip driving on the road and taking a holy dip during the auspicious time on early morning hours.

One the way back we could see multiple places the highway was blocked for traffic heading to Prayagraj.

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