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CONTAINS NUDITY Naked men joined a religious mass bathing festival in India. Footage shows the ash-covered worshippers draped in marigold garlands marching on the streets toward the Triveni Sangam Naga Sadhus gather to take a holy dip in the waters of the river Ganges during the early morning on the first bathing day of Ardh Kumbh Mela in Allahabad in 2007. Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is considered to be largest peaceful gathering in the world. It is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation Hindu ascetics and holy men immerse an idol before bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the second day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesda Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival (also known as Mahakumbh) in the Tens of thousands of India’s Hindus take a holy dip. Officials in Haridwar city expect 2.5 million people for Maha Shivratri festival, one of the three auspicious bathing days during Kumbh Mela. Kumbh Mela's crucial moment is the bathing in the sacred rivers. Above, sadhus run into the Sangham (the confluence of the the Yamuna and Ganges rivers) during the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on January 14, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims led by naked, ash-covered holy men streamed into the sacred river during the festival. Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as humanity's biggest gathering - in northern India's Prayagraj city on Monday. Ash-smeared and dreadlocked Naga sadhus or Hindu ascetics, naked except for rosary beads and garlands and smoking wooden pipes, are a huge draw at the world's largest religious festival that began this week in India. At the Kumbh Mela, or "festival of the pot", held this year in Prayagraj in north India, organisers expect up to 150 million people to bathe at the confluence of three holy rivers The men — with matted dreadlocks and crowns of marigolds — chanted religious slogans praising Hindu deity Lord Shiva on the way to the bathing site in a large procession with singing, drumming Thousands of Hindu holy men have been arriving in Prayagraj to participate in the Kumbh Mela festival Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) – described as humanity’s biggest gathering – in northern India’s Prayagraj city on Monday. Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival (also known as Mahakumbh) in the There are special holy bathing festivals known as the ‘Kumbh Mela’, or the ‘Ardh Mela’, which occurs after every 12 years. The kumbh Mela is also a popular bathing festival in which thousand of pilgrims visit the sacred rivers from all parts of the country regardless of age, whether man, woman, child, or state you’re from. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - November 20 2022: Portrait of unidentified brahmin male taking the holy dip in river ganges during sunrise to perform hindu rituals. Save ALLAHABAD, INDIA - FEBRUARY08, 2013: Hindu devotees come to confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River for ritual holy bathing during the festival Kumbh Mela. Download and use 93,693+ Men bathing stock videos for free. Thousands of new 4k videos every day Completely Free to Use High-quality HD videos and clips from Pexels Young men swimming in the river of Ganges as a religious tradition Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh India - March 27, 2017, Religious water ritual: Pilgrims and other Hindu believers are bathing in the Ganges river. Some have taken their clothes off, some are bathing in their shirts. In the background: Colourful red and white houses and the ghat stairs. Bathing in the holy rivers at this time is seen as a direct connection to divine energy, which can help devotees transcend their material existence and move closer to spiritual liberation. Connection to Mythology: The significance of bathing during the Kumbh Mela is deeply rooted in Hindu mythology. According to legend, the gods and demons
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