Iniţiaţi Naga Sadhu se pregătesc să ia parte la ritualuri religioase pe malul râului Gange, în timpul Kumbh Mela, în Allahabad, vineri, 6 februarie, 2013. Pelerinajele cuprind şi diksha – ritualul de iniţiere. (Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)
Kumbh Mela, care a început la 14 ianuarie şi se va sfârşi în martie, se organizează o dată la 12 ani la Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh, nord) şi adună pe durata celor 55 de zile aproximativ o sută de milioane de hinduşi, fiind astfel cel mai mare festival religios din lume. – Andreea Alexandru
Festivaluri asemănătoare, dar de o amploare mai mică, au loc o dată la trei ani în alte oraşe indiene. Băile se fac la confluenţa fluviilor Gange, Yammuna şi Saraswati, considerate sacre. Pelerinii cred că băile în aceste ape îi spală de păcate şi îi eliberează de ciclul reîncarnării.
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