ALLAHABAD, India – Millions of Hindu devotees were gathering on the banks of the Ganges River Sunday waiting for the stars to align and signal the best time to wash away their sins in the holy ...

ALLAHABAD, India – Millions of devout Hindus led by naked ascetics with ash smeared on their bodies plunged into the frigid waters of India's holy Ganges River on Monday in a ritual they believe ...

The annual traditional fair of Magh Mela at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of ...

Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad ... sprinkled into the sacred river; ash is therefore ...