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India readies for 400 million pilgrims at mammoth Kumbh Mela festival

India readies for 400 million pilgrims at mammoth Kumbh Mela festival

  • The millennia-old sacred show of religious piety and ritual bathing is held once every 12 years at the site where the holy Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers meet
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