In order to prevent the Earth being flooded, He caught the Ganga in the locks of His hair and gradually released Her onto the plains of India. In Images and pictures He is seen with the crescent Moon on His head as well as with the Ganga sprouting out of his hair like a fountain. People who live near the Ganga usually go to the Ganga first before visiting the temple. A large percentage of pilgrims who had their snan at the Sangam visited the Mankameshwar temple located at the Saraswati ghat on the banks of the Yamuna to perform their abhisek. This temple is more popular, not because it is near the Sangam, but because it has strong Shakti energy.
Pilgrims swear by it and their display of faith here speaks for itself.
Large congregations were also seen at many other temples all over the city. The Pandila Mahadev temple in a village 12 kilometres from Allahabad saw the largest congregation of all. The shakti energy here draws the faithful from far away. I left Allahabad for this village at 5.20am. On my way I stopped at the Phaphamau bridge in the north of the city to collect my Ganga jal.