For millions of devout Hindus, it is time yet again to soak in the spiritual energy of what is perhaps the world's largest religious gathering - the Maha Kumbh mela or Grand Pitcher Festival.
The 55-day festival is being held in the holy city of Allahabad, on the banks of the revered Ganges River.
The festival kicked off on Jan 14 with millions of Hindu devotees taking a bath at the confluence of three rivers - holy Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati - to cleanse their sins. Here is Hindu devotee Lakshmi Singh.
"There is faith, there is total, the old tradition that had carried on. And water, I mean the river itself, the mother itself. It's not just a river. It has such great value, properties to it."
The Kumbh mela is organized four times every 12 years in those towns. It is a congregation like no other, bringing together millions of Hindu faithful including the naked ascetics, nirvana seekers and admirers of Indian spiritual traditions.
According to Hindu mythology, the Kumbh mela celebrates the victory of gods over demons in a furious battle over nectar that would give them immortality. As one of the gods fled with a pitcher of the nectar across the skies, it spilled on four Indian towns; Allahabad, Nasik, Ujjain and Haridwar.
Hindus believe that sins accumulated in past and current lives require them to continue the cycle of death and rebirth until they are cleansed.
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