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big wooden boats in water with cloudy sky and sunbeams at allahabad indian asia

A drone shot of Largest congregation of people in Allahabad during Kumbh 2019.

Allahabad, India - February 10, 2013: Poor Indian family in rural area near Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Allahabad, India - February 10, 2013: Allahabad, India - February 10, 2013:Thousands of Hindu devotees come to the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna River for holy dip during the festival Kumbh Mela. It is the world's largest religious gathering

Allahabad, India - February 10, 2013: Poor Indian woman and children begging for food on the streets in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, crowd crossing pontoon bridges over the Ganges river.

Khumb Mela festival, Allahabad, India- Februaray 03 2019: Crowd of thousands devotees at the Khumb mela festival, the largest and oldest religious festival in the world, Allahabad, India.

Allahabad ,India – February 6, 2013: Hindu Pilgrims take a bath in Kumbh Mela,holy festival every 3 years.Believe whoever participates in this sacred festival will go to heaven

Photo of pinned Allahabad on a map of Asia. May be used as illustration for traveling theme.

Allahabad ,India – February 6, 2013: Hindu Pilgrims take a bath in Kumbh Mela,holy festival every 3 years.Believe whoever participates in this sacred festival will go to heaven

Allahabad, India- February 05 2019: Sadhu in deep meditation at the Kumbh Mela festival, Allahabad, India.

Allahabad, India - February 24, 2013: People watching Ramayan play also known as Ram leela during Kumbh mela event in Allahabad, India.

A sadhu also spelled saddhu, is a religious ascetic, mendicant (monk) or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life.

majestic fort by a river still used as a military garrison to this day

Allahabad, India- February 09 2013: Beautiful sunrise with lonely man walking at the Ganges river on the main day of the Kumbh Mela festival, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

big wooden boats in water with cloudy sky and sunbeams at allahabad indian asia

Indians brave the heat wave at the bank of Sangam, the confluence of Holy river Ganges , Yamuna and mythical Saraswati during the hot summer day in Prayagraj, India.

Indians brave the heat wave at the bank of Sangam, the confluence of Holy river Ganges , Yamuna and mythical Saraswati during the hot summer day in Prayagraj, India.

Allahabad, India - February 10, 2019: A Hindu couple praying and bathing in the sacred waters at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, at the Kumbh Mela Festival in Allahabad (Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, India.

Allahabad, India - February 07, 2013: Sadhu (aghori) is smoking ganja (marihuana) with chillum at the Kumbha Mela religious festival

Allahabad, India - February 9, 2013: Crowd at Kumbh Mela festival, the world's largest religious gathering, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Allahabad, India - February 10, 2019: A Naga Sadhu (Indian holy man) blowing into a conch shell while bathing in the sacred Ganges river at Kumbh Mela Festival in Allahabad (Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, India.

A group of hijras, wearing garlands and colourful women clothing, parade, raising their arms in triumph., while man hold parasols. Photo taken during Kumbh Mela 2019 in Prayagraj (Allahabad), India. Hijra are eunuchs, intersex and transgender people. They were gathered in an organization (Kinnar Akhada) and for the first time, they were allowed to set their own camp in the tent city, and had a major role on the processions, hence their joy and expressions of triumph. Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism, and probably the greatest religious festival in the World. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years at four river-bank pilgrimage sites: the Allahabad (Ganges-Yamuna Sarasvati rivers confluence), Haridwar (Ganges), Nashik (Godavari), and Ujjain (Shipra). The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass feedings of monks or the poor, and entertainment spectacles. Pilgrims believe that bathing in these rivers is a means to cleanse them of their sins and favour a better next incarnation.

Jan 2012 Magh Mela, Sangan, Allahabad

February 02, 2013. Allahabad, India. Kumb Mela Festival or Kumb Mela with its short name is a social festival organized in India every 12 years according to the traditions of Hinduism. It is considered the world's largest religious organization. The Kumbh Mela festival, which is the world's largest religious meeting, bridges on the Ganges.

Last rays of sun on Ganges with row boats lined up on the river Yamuna, Allahabad, India

Prayagraj, UP, India - February 04, 2019: Millions of people travelling for the Kumbh 2019. Interestingly, over 50 million pilgrims took holy dip on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya (new moon) making it a historic event. It's a world record for the largest human gathering on a single day ever!

DEVPRAYAG, INDIA - OCTOBER 13, 2014 : Devprayag of Uttarakhand, is one of Panch Prayag, five confluences, of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and take the name Ganges River

Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India - March 4, 2019: Thousands of Hindu devotees crossing the pontoon bridges over the Ganges River at the massive Kumbh Mela 2019 in Allahabad, India, the world's largest religious gathering.

Devprayag of Uttarakhand, is one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and take the name Ganges River.

Old naga sadhu (naked holy man), exhibiting his long dreadlocks for the crowd of photographers. He'd later ride a horse and lead the parade to the bathing gath. Photo taken at Juna Akhada, before the Royal Bath procession, during Kumbh Mela 2019 in Prayagraj (Allahabad), India. Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism, and probably the greatest religious festival in the World. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years at four river-bank pilgrimage sites: the Allahabad (Ganges-Yamuna Sarasvati rivers confluence), Haridwar (Ganges), Nashik (Godavari), and Ujjain (Shipra). The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass feedings of monks or the poor, and entertainment spectacles. Pilgrims believe that bathing in these rivers is a means to cleanse them of their sins and favour a better next incarnation.

Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh/India - Fe 2019 : Portrait shoot of Indian Monk at Kumbh Fair with different mood

Kolkata, India - January 14, 2016:Devotees taking holy dip at Har Ki Pauri on river Ganga on the first bath of Ardh Kumbh fair. People took a dip in holy Ganges on the occasion of Makar Sankranti

All Saints Cathedral, Patthar Girja, in Prayagraj, India.

boat sailors at sunrise sunset in ganga river at allahabad indian asia

Morning at Kumbh Mela, Allahabad,,India

A sadhu also spelled saddhu, is a religious ascetic, mendicant (monk) or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life.

Temporary toilets and water taps in Kumbh Mela tent city, part of the 120.000 installed for the festival. Photo taken during Kumbh Mela 2019 in Prayagraj (Allahabad), India. Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism, and probably the greatest religious festival in the World. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years at four river-bank pilgrimage sites: the Allahabad (Ganges-Yamuna Sarasvati rivers confluence), Haridwar (Ganges), Nashik (Godavari), and Ujjain (Shipra). The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass feedings of monks or the poor, and entertainment spectacles. Pilgrims believe that bathing in these rivers is a means to cleanse them of their sins and favour a better next incarnation.

performing prayer pooja hindu indian way sitting

Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh/India - Feb 2019 : Portrait shot of indian naga baba with rudrakh and ask on his body during the holy fair of kumbh

waterscape landscape boats sailing in river with cloudy sky and sunbeams at allahabad indian asia

Indian braves heat wave at the bank of sangam, confluence of Holy river Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati during a hot summer day in Prayagraj, India.

Map Of Nepal And Northern India with cities such as Kanpur and Delhi

Indian women devotees, wearing red and orange, clasping hands and praying. They are taking the holy dip, surrounded by a crowd, in the Royal bath day. Photo taken during Kumbh Mela 2019 in Prayagraj (Allahabad), India. Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism, and probably the greatest religious festival in the World. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years at four river-bank pilgrimage sites: the Allahabad (Ganges-Yamuna Sarasvati rivers confluence), Haridwar (Ganges), Nashik (Godavari), and Ujjain (Shipra). The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass feedings of monks or the poor, and entertainment spectacles. Pilgrims believe that bathing in these rivers is a means to cleanse them of their sins and favour a better next incarnation.

Allahabad, India - February 10, 2013: Allahabad, India - February 10, 2013:Thousands of Hindu devotees come to the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna River for holy dip during the festival Kumbh Mela. It is the world's largest religious gathering

Allahabad, India - February 10, 2013: Crowd at Kumbh Mela festival, the world's largest religious gathering, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

This famous selfie point in Prayagraj so people come and click selfie and reels

Allahabad, India - February 10, 2019: A Hindu man with long dreadlocks and carrying a sword bathes in the sacred waters at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, at the Kumbh Mela Festival in Allahabad (Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, India.

Women selling various kinds of water containers, to be filled with holy water during the holy dip. Photo taken at night, on a Royal Bath's eve, during Kumbh Mela 2019 in Prayagraj (Allahabad), India. Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism, and probably the greatest religious festival in the World. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years at four river-bank pilgrimage sites: the Allahabad (Ganges-Yamuna Sarasvati rivers confluence), Haridwar (Ganges), Nashik (Godavari), and Ujjain (Shipra). The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass feedings of monks or the poor, and entertainment spectacles. Pilgrims believe that bathing in these rivers is a means to cleanse them of their sins and favour a better next incarnation.

The confluence of the Zanskar River (from top) and the Indus (bottom flowing from left to right) is 3 km southeast of Nimmu village in Ladakh in J&K state ,India.Famous for river rafting activities.

February 24, 2013. Allahabad, India. Kumb Mela Festival or Kumb Mela with its short name is a social festival organized in India every 12 years according to the traditions of Hinduism. It is considered the world's largest religious organization. The Kumbh Mela festival, which is the world's largest religious meeting, bridges on the Ganges.