Indian Hindu devotees take holy dips in Ganges river during their religious festival

An Indian woman devotee prays as marigold flowers and oil lamps offered by devotees float at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world’s largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years.

An Indian devotee prays to the Sun God as others take holy dips at Sangam, the confluence of Hindu holy rivers of Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, at the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Rajesh Kumar Singh>