An estimated 80 million Hindus traveled to the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers to bathe and take part in spiritual ceremonies over a day period. In this Sunday, Feb. Led by heads of monasteries arriving on chariots and ash-smeared naked ascetics, millions of devout Hindus plunged into the frigid waters of the holy Ganges River in India on Sunday in a ritual that they believe will wash away their sins. During the festival pilgrims bathe in the holy Ganges River in a ritual they believe can wash away their sins. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation, which falls every 12 years and lasts for a period of over a month, during which devotees wash themselves in the waters of the Ganges believing that it washes away their sins and ends the process of reincarnation.
Click to watch …. Millions of Hindu devotees in India have gathered to wash their sins away on the banks of the holy Sangam - the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers - in a festival known as the Kumbh Mela the Pitcher Festival. State authorities in Uttar Pradesh are expecting 12 million visitors to descend on the city of Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, for the centuries-old festival, which officially began on Jan.