Video showing the conch shell (shankh) being blown non-stop for 2 minutes and 49 seconds during the inauguration ceremony of the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela

Original review summary

The review found that the video was not from the 2025 Maha Kumbh inauguration: it dates to 13 February 2023 and shows the Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi. It identifies President Droupadi Murmu and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the footage during Murmu’s visit.[S1]