Millions flock to Ganges for world's biggest festival
- Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 06.45
- Online news: Asia
Millions of Hindu pilgrims led by naked ash-covered holy men streamed into the sacred river Ganges on Monday, for a record-breaking start to the world's biggest religious festival.
Sadhus or holy men run into the Ganges river during the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on January 14, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims led by naked, ash-covered holy men streamed into the sacred river at the start of the world's biggest religious festival.
The Kumbh Mela in the Indian town of Allahabad will see up to 100 million worshippers gather over the next 55 days to take a ritual bath in the holy waters, believed to cleanse sins and bestow blessings.
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