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Tens of millions of Hindu devotees make do with little at Maha Kumbh festival
It’s late evening in the city of Prayagraj and the roadside vendors selling snacks are packing up their wares to shut for the night.
Millions gather in northern India for massive 6-week Hindu festival
Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is held every 12 years in the northern city of Prayagraj, as Hindus believe bathing in sacred rivers brings salvation from the cycle of birth and death, and the absolution of sins.
Millions of pilgrims, naked, ash-smeared ascetics dip in India’s mega Hindu festival
Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of a series of major baths in the Maha Kumbh festival,
Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India's mega Hindu festival
Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims took dips in the freezing waters at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth.
Dreadlocked Indian ascetics among 35 million who take holy dip in Maha Kumbh festival
By Saurabh Sharma PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) -Naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the waters of sacred rivers in India on Tuesday, part of a large crowd of 35 million devotees who took the holy dip on the second day of the Maha Kumbh Mela,
India: Millions of Hindu pilgrims gather for first holy bath of Kumbh Mela
Millions of Hindu pilgrims gathered on Tuesday at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati rivers to take part in the first holy bath of the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering.
Naked, ash-smeared Hindu ascetics take holy dips at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday.
What to Know About the Hindu Festival Billed as the World’s Largest Religious Gathering
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India's Outcast Toilet Cleaners Keeping Hindu Festival Going
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India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering
Hindu devotees pray before taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj ...
AP PHOTOS: Tens of millions of Hindu devotees make do with little at Maha Kumbh festival
It’s late evening in the city of Prayagraj and the roadside vendors selling snacks are packing up their wares to shut for the ...
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