"I regret not being able to attend the Kumbh. But sitting beside the bank of river Yamuna gives me an almost similar experience as Mahakumbh," he told reporters here yesterday.
The Mahakumbh festival began on January 14, coinciding with Makar Sankranti, and ended on March 10.
Praising the 'Yamuna Mukti Padyatra' organised for keeping intact the purity of the Yamuna river, the spiritual leader said Ganga and Yamuna are not mere rivers but lifelines associated to our faith.
The leader was present here to attend a two-day festival during which he also met religious leader Guru Sharnanand Maharaj.