<h1>Public order pressures from mass pilgrimage prompt traffic controls and temporary school and service adjustments affecting residents.</h1> Surging pilgrimage overflow into Varanasi, Prayagraj and Ayodhya has strained transport, supply chains and public spaces, prompting traffic restrictions, barricades, one way routing, symbolic changes to ceremonies and temporary school closures up to Class 8; authorities' measures to manage safety and movement mitigate immediate risks but impose access, service and social disruptions on residents while producing mixed economic effects and widespread community responses.