Millions of Hindu pilgrims attend Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India

A young Naga sadhu or naked Hindu holy man sits with others during an evening prayer at their camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati , for Maha Kumbh, festival, in Allahabad, India , Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world’s largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. During the festival pilgrims bathe in the holy Ganges River in a ritual they believe can wash away their sins. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Manish Swarup>

Food is displayed on a steel tray during a consecration ceremony for becoming Hindu holy women by Pilot Baba at his camp in Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, as part of the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, india, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Rajesh Kumar Singh>

Hindu holy men of the Juna Akhara sect pray on the banks of the river Ganges during rituals that are believed to rid them of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God as “Naga” or naked holy men, at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India , Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. The significance of nakedness is that they will not have any worldly ties to material belongings, even something as simple as clothes. This ritual that transforms selected holy men to Naga can only be done at the Kumbh festival. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Rajesh Kumar Singh>