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In Pictures: India’s Kumbh Mela Festival

Millions of Hindu pilgrims gather in India’s Allahabad city for one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.

In Pictures: India''s Kumbh Mela festival — Millions of Hindu devotees gather in the northern Indian city of Allahabad for the religious festival of Kumbh Mela

INDIA-RELIGION-KUMBH MELA — Worshippers believe that bathing in the River Ganges during the festival will absolve them from sin

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In Pictures: India''s Kumbh Mela festival — Kumbh Mela or the Pitcher festival is held in Allahabad once every 12 years

In Pictures: India''s Kumbh Mela festival — Indian policemen on horseback clear the way for a religious procession near the banks of the Ganges

In Pictures: India''s Kumbh Mela festival — A Sadhu, or a Hindu holy man, smokes marijuana on the banks of river Ganges ahead of the festival

In Pictures: India''s Kumbh Mela festival — Sadhus, give up worldly pleasures and live away from the mainstream Indian life and culture

In Pictures: India''s Kumbh Mela festival — The Kumbh Mela is believed to be the largest gathering of Hindus in the world

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In Pictures: India''s Kumbh Mela festival — According to Hinduism, it is believed that on a certain day at a certain time, four drops from a cask of heavenly nectar landed in four locations along the route of the River Ganges

No title given — It is the most revered of rivers in the Hindu faith, even though it is one of the five of the most polluted rivers in the world

INDIA-RELIGION-KUMBH MELA — Millions of Hindus immerse themselves into the confluence of the Yamuna and Ganga, which meets with the mythical river Saraswati, during the 55 -day festival