I am hosting my website in github. I want to confirm the ownership in google search console (gsc).

• Account: https://github.com/mavens-group
• Page: https://github.com/mavens-group/mavens-group.github.io
• url: https://mavens-group.github.io

So, I have done: gsc-> url prefix-> downloaded the html file and put it in my page repo (https://github.com/mavens-group/mavens-group.github.io/blob/main/google1641d8943c4b9324.html).

Now, if I am trying to verify through gsc, this is showing error:

Verification method:
HTML file
Failure reason:
Your verification file was not found in the required location.

What I am doing wrong here?
Kindly help.

I am trying to do this verification because even after a week of creating and publisshing the site, google is yet to index it.