AI became helpful in Maha Kumbh, otherwise 54,357 people would have been separated

Prayagraj: Prayagraj Maha Kumbh 2025 has become a historic event with its divine, grand and well-organized form and unprecedented presence of more than 66 crore devotees. In the holy coincidence of 144 years, a huge crowd of devotees from all over the country and the world gathered in Prayagraj Maha Kumbh organized on the banks of Sangam. Due to this crowd, many people got separated from their loved ones for a few moments.

In this huge fair of Maha Kumbh, a great success has been achieved in reuniting a total of 54,357 people with their families. A large number of them were women. Not only this, the police also played an important role in successfully reuniting the devotees who came from different states of the country and Nepal with their families.

To quickly reunite the people lost in Maha Kumbh with their families, the Yogi government established digital lost and found centers. 35,952 people got separated from their loved ones during the 45-day Maha Kumbh. More than 35 thousand devotees were reunited with their families during the Maha Kumbh. Apart from this, 24,896 people who got lost during other bathing festivals and normal days were also reunited with their families. In this way, 35,083 people were reunited with their families at the end of the Maha Kumbh.

Private organizations also extended full cooperation, 10 digital lost and found centers were established in the entire Maha Kumbh area. In these, a confluence of state-of-the-art facilities like state-of-the-art AI-based face recognition system, machine learning and multilingual support was seen. At the same time, a wonderful combination of humanity and service was seen in the efforts of non-governmental social organizations.

These also include the oldest Bharat Seva Kendra and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Smriti Samiti. According to Umesh Chandra Tiwari, director of the lost and found camp of Bharat Seva Kendra, by the end of the Maha Kumbh, the camp reunited 19,274 lost women and men with their loved ones. Apart from this, all the 18 children who got separated in the Kumbh Mela have also been reunited with their families. Through the camp, not only were the lost people found, but they were also helped to reach their homes.

The process of reuniting the lost people of the Khoya Paya centres and Bhool Bhatke camps with their loved ones continued till the day of Maha Shivratri, the last bathing festival of Maha Kumbh. The Khoya Paya centres were particularly effective. They not only reunited the lost people with their families, but also tracked the lost people and the process was repeated until they were reunited with their families. The centre reunited Krishna Devi, mother-in-law of Kapleshwar Sahni of Muzaffarpur Dharkari Bihar, with her family on the last day. Similarly, Jangi Devi, wife of Brijlal Chauhan of Raipur, Chhattisgarh, was also sent to her home.