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.
Dreadlocked Indian ascetics take holy dip in Hindu Kumbh festival
The 'royal bath' is a key part of the event, held every 12 years in the city of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, significant because Hindus believe it confers salvation from the cycle of birth and death, in addition to absolution of sins.
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.
Holy Dips At India's Giant Hindu Festival Come With Challenge
For pilgrims at the largest gathering of humanity, ritual bathing in India's holy rivers includes a key challenge -- finding your family and clothes after the chilly dip.
Over 20 million perform holy dip ritual at India's Maha Kumbh
Over 20 million people performed the holy dip ritual at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in India's northern city of Prayagraj, a local official said on Tuesday (January 14).
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.
Millions of Hindu followers converge for holy dip ritual in India
Millions of Hindu followers converged on a river for a holy dip ritual in India. Aerial footage shows worshippers queuing for the religious mass bath in the Triveni Sangam river in Uttar Pradesh on January 13.
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