More than 500 million take 'holy dip' in India's Maha Kumbh festival
More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part ...
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Devotees spill from trains for India's river bathing festival
Thousands of devotees spilt from trains as they flocked to a river for a mass bathing festival in India. Footage shows crowds disembarking at Prayagraj Railway Station to join others already there on2 ...
India's sacred boat service for giant Hindu festival
For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India's millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual ...
Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India
The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. The photo of a Naga Sadhu — a Hindu ascetic — at the confluence ...
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India's sacred boat service for giant Hindu festival
For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India's millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual bathing in the holy waters where sacred rivers meet. And for as long as ...
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Reverence for the sacred waters of the Ganga and belief in its power to wash away sins bring millions to India’s Maha Kumbh festival
Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga ...