Mahakumbh festival in India
2010-02-12 02:20:18 GMT2010-02-12 10:20:18 (Beijing Time)
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Naga sadhus rest at the Juna Akhara (tent) at Haridwar in Uttarakhand, India, on Feb. 11, 2010. Thousands of Hindu sadhus (holy man) will take their first bath in the river Ganga on 12th of this month to mark the first Royal Bath in the ongoing four months Mahakumbh festival. (Xinhua/Partha Sarkar)
A Naga sadhu burns wood to warm himself at the Juna Akhara (tent) at Haridwar in Uttarakhand, India, on Feb. 11, 2010. Thousands of Hindu sadhus (holy man) will take their first bath in the river Ganga on 12th of this month to mark the first Royal Bath in the ongoing four months Mahakumbh festival. (Xinhua/Partha Sarkar)
A Naga sadhu lights gaja (local tobacco) at the Juna Akhara (tent) at Haridwar in Uttarakhand, India, on Feb. 11, 2010. Thousands of Hindu sadhus (holy man) will take their first bath in the river Ganga on 12th of this month to mark the first Royal Bath in the ongoing four months Mahakumbh festival. (Xinhua/Partha Sarkar)
A Naga sadhu lights gaja (local tobacco) at the Juna Akhara (tent) at Haridwar in Uttarakhand, India, on Feb. 11, 2010. Thousands of Hindu sadhus (holy man) will take their first bath in the river Ganga on 12th of this month to mark the first Royal Bath in the ongoing four months Mahakumbh festival. (Xinhua/Partha Sarkar)
Thousands of Hindu sadhus (holy man) will take their first bath in the river Ganga on 12th of this month to mark the first Royal Bath in the ongoing four months Mahakumbh festival.
