A boatman from prayagraj his name is Pintu mahra became so famous after earning 30 crore in just 45 days during 2025 mahakumbh.
Before the festival he take a big risk. He sold his family gold and property papers to bank. And he used that money to buy more boats. Earlier, he had only 60 boats but after spending that money he had 130 boats total.
His family was scared. They think he will lose everything. But he believed in his plan because mahakumbh is big event and lakhs of people come to prayagraj so used the boats to take people from one side to another on ganga river everyday.
Thousands of pilgrims use his boats. After festival finish, he earned around 30 crores.
His mother shuklawati devi said: After my husband death, we had very hard life but my son work hard and take risk now we’re happy and stable.
Even CM Yogi Adityanath talk about this in Assembly. He said this story show how mahakumbh help small businesses government spends 7500 crore for event, and total 3.5 lakh crore economy beneft happened.
Hotels, food shops, transport all got benefit from mahakumb. One boatman made 30 crore with 130 boats and this is the power of belief and hard work.
