Kumbh Mela attendees bath in the Ganges
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Thousands of ash smeared Hindu holy men and devotees marked the last Royal Bath of the Kumbh Mela with a dip in the Ganges.
The Kumbh Mela festival, the largest largest gathering of humans at a single place, comes to an end next month.
Up to 100 million pilgrims and Hindu ascetics are expected to attend the two-month festival.
It is held every 12 years in a temporary city covering an area larger than Athens, spread over a wide sandy river bank in Allahabad at the point where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet the Saraswati, a mythical river.
The festival grows in size every time it is held and is considered the world's largest temporary gathering of people.
Thousands of ash smeared Hindu holy men and devotees marked the last Royal Bath of the Kumbh Mela with a dip in the Ganges.
The Kumbh Mela festival, the largest largest gathering of humans at a single place, comes to an end next month.
Up to 100 million pilgrims and Hindu ascetics are expected to attend the two-month festival.
It is held every 12 years in a temporary city covering an area larger than Athens, spread over a wide sandy river bank in Allahabad at the point where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet the Saraswati, a mythical river.
The festival grows in size every time it is held and is considered the world's largest temporary gathering of people.