Source: sify.com
HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 28, 2010: About 80 million people bathed in the river Ganges in northern India during the Kumbh Mela festival that lasted 104 days, organizers said on Wednesday as the event drew to a close.
The Kumbh Mela, which is billed as the largest festival on Earth, attracts Hindus from across the country to the sacred water that they believe washes away their sins and frees them from the cycle of life and rebirth. The Ganges is especially auspicious during the Kumbh Mela, which is held every three years and rotates among four Indian cities.