News Photo: Sadhu or holy man jumps ahead of other…
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INDIA-RELIGION-KUMBH MELA
Caption: A Sadhu or holy man (L) jumps ahead of other devotees into the Sangham or the confluence of the the Yamuna and Ganges rivers during the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on January 14, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims led by naked, ash-covered holy men streamed into the sacred river Ganges on Monday 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. Before daybreak on Monday, a day chosen by astrologers as auspicious, hundreds of gurus, some brandishing swords and tridents, ran into the swirling and freezing waters for the first bath, signalling the start of events.AFP PHOTO/SANJAY KANOJIA (Photo credit should read Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
Date created: 14 Jan 2013
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Copyright: 2013 AFP
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Subject
Ganges River
Hinduism
Jumping
Kumbh Mela
Pilgrim
Religion
River
Sadhu
Yamuna River
People
Adult
Men
Location
Allahabad
India
Indian Subcontinent
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Connection
Spirituality
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Horizontal
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