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| Holy men begin Indian Mela bath |
| Thousands of Hindu holy men plunged into the Ganges river in the northern Indian town of Allahabad to mark the main day of the Ardh Kumbh festival.
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| INDIA
, 19-January-2007
1:44:11 AM |
| The new moon night, or Mauni Amavasya, is celebrated on Friday which becomes the most auspicious day in the six-week-long Hindu bathing festival.
All roads leading to the site of the festival are teeming with pilgrims.
It is being held at the confluence of three of Hinduism's holiest rivers - the Ganges, Yamuna and the Saraswati.
The ash-smeared Naga sadhus ran into the river wearing nothing apart from marigold garlands.
Most ran out after a quick dip in the river, but a few others splashed around.
Festival organiser PN Mishra told the AFP news agency that more than 20 million people were expected to bathe during the day.
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