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In Pics – Hindu devotees celebrate the Makar Sankranti harvest festival

Posted on January 28, 2014 by WHN

Indian devotees from the state of Rajasthan wait to attend a holy fire at the Bay of Bengal during Ganga Sagar Fair at Sagar Island, eastern India, Jan. 14, 2014. Reports state that the group of devotees are on their way to take a holy dip at Gangasagar for upcoming Gangasagar annual fair at Sagar Island, south of Calcutta. Every year, millions of pilgrims gather for a holy dip. This year, the fair starts from Jan. 12, 2014.

Indian devotees dressed as Hindu gods sing religious songs as they collect money from pilgrims at Sagar Island, India on Jan. 13, 2014. More than 400,000 Hindu pilgrims gather annual to take a 'holy dip' in the ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology. 

Indian devotees receive holy food from a Hindu monk during a holy dip in the Bay of Bengal at Sagar Island, south of Calcutta, eastern India on Jan. 14, 2014.

Indian Hindu pilgrims take a holy dip before performing religious prayers, in the waters of Gangasagar Island, India on Jan. 14, 2014.

A Hindu holy man worships the sun during the annual holy dip on the auspicious ‘Makar Sankranti’ day at Gangasagar, the confluence of the Ganges River and the Bay of Bengal, India, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Devout Hindus believe that those who bathe in the Ganges on this day are absolved of their sins.

A Hindu devotee holds an oil lamp and offers prayers at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Makar Sankranti festival which also marks the beginning of Magh Mela, in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela that begins Tuesday.

An Indian devotee waits after taking a holy dip in the Bay of Bengal as others busy to dry their clothes at Sagar Island, eastern India on Jan. 14, 2014.

An Indian monk takes a holy dip in the Bay of Bengal at Sagar Island, south of Calcutta, eastern India on Jan. 14, 2014.

Hindu pilgrims take a holy dip before performing religious prayers, in the waters of Gangasagar Island, India on Jan. 14, 2014. Sadhus and Hindu pilgrims from all over the country come for the annual Hindu holy festival Gangasagar Mela with more than four hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims gathering at the Gangasagar to take a 'holy dip' in the ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology.

Indian pilgrims head for ferries to cross the Hooghly River on their way to Gangasagar Mela in Kakdwip, India on Jan. 12, 2014. 

An Indian monk applies 'holy tilak' after taking a holy dip in the Bay of Bengal at Sagar Island, eastern India on Jan. 14, 2014.

A Hindu devotee prays while taking a dip in the early morning at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. 

Indian Hindu monks perform holy prayers after taking a holy dip in the Bay of Bengal at Sagar Island, eastern India on Jan. 14, 2014.

People walk past a tent city erected for masses of pilgrims on the banks of river Ganges on the occasion of the Makar Sankranti festival in the northern Indian city of Allahabad Jan. 14, 2014. Makar Sankranti is a festival celebrated by Hindus across the country that marks the start of the harvest season.

A Hindu priest lights a traditional lamp to perform a ritual known as "Aarti" during the evening prayers on the banks of river Ganges on the occasion of the Makar Sankranti festival in the northern Indian city of Allahabad Jan. 14, 2014. 

Hindu devotees arrive at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, on the first day of Magh Mela Festival in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014.

Source: Daily News

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