Hindu devotees arrive to attend the first “Shahi Snan” (grand bath) at the ongoing “Kumbh Mela”, or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 14, 2013. Upwards of a million elated Hindu holy men and pilgrims took a bracing plunge in India's sacred Ganges river to wash away lifetimes of sins on Monday, in a raucous start to an ever-growing religious gathering that is already the world's largest. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
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