The ritual bath is the main festival at the mela. Orthodox Hindus, who give great importance to the performance of ritualistic action, believe that a dip in the sacred waters on the auspicious day will cleanse them and their ancestors back to the eighty-eighth generation, off all evil and sin, thus ensuring their salvation or freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth. The ascetics and sadhus are an integral part of the Kumbh. One of the aims of all devout Hindus, who make a pilgrimage to the Kumbh, is to have darshan of these holy men. By touching their feet and listening to them, their followers hope to gain spiritual enlightenment. The most conspicuous sadhus at the Kumbh are the Nagas or naked sadhus. The Nagas smear their bodies with ash and sport long matted hair. Constant exposure to the elements and rigorous self-control makes them impervious to the extremes of hot and cold.

It is believed that bathing during Kumbh cures the bather of all sins and evils and grants the bather salvation. It is also believed that at the time of Kumbh Yog, the water of Sangam (confluence of rivers at Allahabad) is charged with positive healing effects and that water at the time of Kumbh is charges positively by enhanced electromagnetic radiations of the Sun, Moon and the Jupiter, the flux of which also varies in accordance to positions and the phases of the moon, and also by the + and - signs of the sun spots. As per Puranas (Hindu Scripts) properties of river water at Allahabad has been referred to as Amrit or elexir.

        The Auspicious Dates in which the holy saints will take their dip in the Holy River Ganges. 09th January 2001, Paush Purnima 14th January 2001, Makar Sankranti 24th January 2001, Mauni Amavasya 29th January 2001, Basant Panchami 08th February 2001, Magh Purnima 21st February 2001, Mahashivratri.