India's Kumbh Mela festival holds most auspicious day

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Hindus believe a festival dip at Sangam will cleanse sins


The main day of bathing is taking place at India's Kumbh Mela, with more than 30 million pilgrims expected to take a dip at the confluence of India's Ganges and Yamuna rivers.

This is the most auspicious of six bathing days at the event, billed as the biggest human gathering.

More than eight million took to the waters on the opening day, 14 January.


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Hindu devotees bathe in the waters of the holy Ganges river during the auspicious bathing day of the Maha Kumbh Mela, Jan. 14, 2013, in Allahabad, India. The Maha Kumbh Mela, believed to be the largest religious gathering on earth is held every 12 years on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)