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Hindu pilgrims, known as Kanwarias, worshippers of Hindu God Shiva, carry holy water from the Ganges River in plastic bottle as they walk in the rain towards temple after holy dips in the Ganges River, in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Thursday, August 1, 2024. Kanwarias are young men performing a ritual pilgrimage in which they walk, sometimes hundreds of kilometers (miles), to the Ganges River to take its sacred waters back to Hindu temples in their hometowns. During the Hindu lunar month of Shravana, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims can be seen walking the roads of India, clad in saffron, and carrying ornately decorated canisters of water over their shoulders. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)
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