Taking their first meal in the new live as part of the initiation of new sadhus at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Gang

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Taking their first meal in the new live as part of the initiation of new sadhus at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, at Kumbha Mela

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Location: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Photo credit: © Frank Bienewald / Alamy / Afripics
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