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.
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India's Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is set to be the world's largest gathering of humanity, with 400 million visitors expected at the six-week event that began this week in the northern city of Prayagraj.
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.
India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering
Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers where they will take part in elaborate rituals.
India's Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival Sees World's Largest Gathering Of Humanity
Hindu holy men and devotees gather on the second day of India's giant and millenia-old Kumbh Mela festival. Organisers expect 400 million people to attend the event, which began on January 13 and will run until February 26.
Naked, ash-smeared Hindu ascetics take holy dips at the Maha Kumbh festival
Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth.
Maha Kumbh Mela: world's largest religious festival gets under way in India
Hindu devotees from across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj yesterday as the world's largest religious festival began. Over the coming 45 days, an estimated 400 million Hindus are expected to come together for Maha Kumbh Mela.
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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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