The Maha Kumbh Mela is held every twelve years and began on Monday. People from all over India have made pilgrimages to the area to engage in a series of spiritual rituals, the most central of which is bathing in the rivers that are said to cleanse from sin and bring spiritual liberation.
– We have all come here to bathe so that our souls can find peace. We have been given the opportunity to bathe in the Ganges because we have done good in a previous life, says pilgrim Ram Prakash.
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