55 million 充てるs for busiest days of Hindu megafestival

Some 55 million Hindu devotees thronged the confluence of three rivers over Sunday and Monday during the Kumbh Mela festival in Northern India

Some 55 million Hindu 充てるs thronged the confluence of three rivers over Sunday and Monday during the Kumbh Mela festival in Northern India

Some 55 million Hindu 充てるs 急落(する),激減(する)d into 宗教上の waters to 洗浄する their sins and 捜し出す 救済 over the busiest days of the world's largest 宗教的な 集会, 公式の/役人s said Tuesday.

The gigantic (人が)群がるs thronged the confluence of three rivers, one of them mythical, in northern India over Sunday and Monday.

The Mauni Amavasya -- or new moon day -- on Monday, is the most auspicious day of the 48-day Kumbh Mela festival.

Numbers were bigger than 推定する/予想するd and now over 120 million people have visited the Kumbh since it began in 中央の-January, more than were 推定する/予想するd for the entire festival running until March 4.

Numbers were bigger than 推定する/予想するd and now over 120 million people have visited the Kumbh since it began in 中央の-January

"We are not throwing 無作為の 人物/姿/数字s about the number of 訪問者s to the Kumbh. Our 計算/見積りs are based on 観察 from drone cameras and ヘリコプターs," Rajeev Rai, a 上級の 公式の/役人, told AFP.

Hindus believe bathing at the 会合 point of the ギャング(団)s, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at the festival -- home to a 広大な テント city bigger than Manhattan -- brings 救済.

によれば Hindu mythology, gods and demons fought a war over a sacred 投手, or Kumbh, 含む/封じ込めるing the nectar of immortality. A few 減少(する)s fell to earth at four different 場所s -- one 存在 Allahabad.

Hindus believe bathing at the meeting point of three rivers for Kumbh Mela brings salvation

Hindus believe bathing at the 会合 point of three rivers for Kumbh Mela brings 救済

The historic city was recently 改名するd Prayagraj by the 地元の 明言する/公表する's Hindu 国家主義者 政府 but is still 広範囲にわたって known as Allahabad, the 指名する it was given by イスラム教徒 支配者s hundreds of years ago.

The festival has one more major bathing day on February 10.

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