Hindus believe that the bathing rituals will cleanse them of ... at the Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges ...

They will lead the dawn charge into the river waters on the most auspicious bathing dates. The massive congregation is also an occasion for Uttar Pradesh's local Hindu nationalist government to ...

Early in 2007 the Ganges' worsening state made headlines around the world when Hindu holy men ... shrines and bathing ghats (steps leading down to the river) along its banks.

For many Hindus, a visit to the holy city of Varanasi ... Watch how pilgrims find solitude during the ritual bathing in the Ganges River. "Even though there's millions of people around here ...

Below us, between the bridge and the bathing area, was Sector 4, where the 16 major akharas, Hindu religious ... bathes in the Ganges at the Kumbh Mela. “It is a sacred river,” he said ...

The festival draws millions of Hindu pilgrims and spiritual seekers from India and across the globe. Millions are taking a dip in the sacred Ganges river on the first major bathing day of Kumbh ...

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in ... religious piety and ritual bathing – and a logistical challenge of staggering proportions – is held at the site where the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical ...

A bath in the Ganges ... the ashes are in the river and he dresses again. Men usually enter the Ganges in their underpants, women wear their saris. Kashi, according to Hindu mythology, is the ...

SIMRAN: Rivers are holy places for Hindus and we believe bathing in them removes bad karma. The most famous bathing ceremony is the Kumbh Mela. It takes place in Indiai n the River Ganges.