Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav offered tribute to the deceased in the Mahakumbh stampede and issued helpline numbers for those from Madhya Pradesh attending the Mela.

Jagadguru Shankaracharaya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj, has appealed to the devotees to take holy dip anywhere in the Kumbh Kshetra and there is "no specific place" for it. "I appeal to ...