Except the years of Kumbh Mela and Ardh Kumbh Mela, Magh Mela is held every year on the banks of Sangam. During this period about two or three million of devotees throng here. During the Magh Mela peiod, a tent city comes up for more than a month, where thousands of devotees live. Different Hindu religious organisations erect their camps during this period. Different stories and scenes from Hindu religious texts are staged by the FOLK Theatre groups in different places in the mela area.
Many devotees live in camps and ashrams for the whole duration of the mela and lead a sacred life.
It can be termed as Mini Kumbh Mela also due to large crowd and the main bathing days, like Kumbh Mela, are, Makar Sankranti, Paush Purnima, Mauni Amavasya, Basant Panchmi, Maghi Poornima and Maha Shivratri, Mauni Amavasya being the main bathing day, attracts the largest number of devotees.