Tens of millions of Hindus are convening this week in what is expected to be the world’s largest human gathering. About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe will bathe in and around the Ganges River over the next six weeks for the Maha Kumbh Mela, a religious festival that happens every 12 years in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj.
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