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‘You need a bath after the bath’: World’s largest religious gathering wraps up after 600 million devotees take holy dip
Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, ...
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High levels of faecal bacteria found in river Ganges as millions take Kumbh dip
The confluence of the rivers is called Sangam and a “holy dip ... swimming, bathing, or other recreational uses. The CPCB report which analysed Ganges water said: “The river water quality ...
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Along the banks of India's holy river during the Maha Kumbh Mela, the largest festival in the world
Every 12 years, hundreds of millions of Hindu pilgrims gather in northern India for a ritual bath at the confluence ... they fill bottles with water from the holy river for their relatives at ...
ESA satellite images capture the grand transformation of Prayagraj for the Mahakumbh 2025
The European Space Agency's satellite images reveal the astounding transformation of Prayagraj, India, for the 2025 Mahakumbh ...
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‘You need a bath after the bath’: World’s largest religious gathering wraps up after 600 million devotees take holy dip
Followers have come to take a holy dip ... to ensure the river water was clean enough to drink and bathe in. It called for increasing monitoring and sample collecting of the Ganges and Yamuna ...
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‘You need a bath after the bath’: World’s largest religious gathering wraps up after 600 million devotees take holy dip
Followers have come to take a holy dip ... in key bathing sites. A report from the Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB), part of India’s Environment Ministry, last month found high levels of ...