Prayagraj: Yoga guru and co-founder of Patanjali Ayurved Limited, Ramdev has urged saints and seers at the Kumbh Mela to quit smoking as Lord Ram and Krisha never smoked.

Yoga Guru said, “We follow Ram and Krishna who never smoked in their life then why should we? We must take a pledge to quit smoking. He further said  that "We sadhus have left everything including our home, mother and father for a greater cause, then why we cannot leave smoking.”

Yoga Guru collected ‘chillam’ from several sadhus and made them take a pledge to quit tobacco. He said he will deposit all the chillams for display at the museum he will build. He further said “I have made youngsters quit tobacco and smoking, then why not Mahatamas.”

This year Prayagraj is hosting the great releagious event Kumbh Mela which  will end on March 4. It is the largest human congregation in the world, with over 130 million pilgrims expected to participate in the festival. People takes a dip in the holy water of Ganges River with the belief that it will pave the way for their salvation and would rid them of their sins.