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Holy Dips At India's Giant Hindu Festival Come With Challenge

Devotees believe the dip brings them salvation (Credit: AFP)

For pilgrims at the largest gathering of humanity, ritual bathing in India's holy rivers includes a key challenge -- finding your family and clothes after the chilly dip.

Millions of people are expected to attend the Kumbh Mela festival in northern India, a six-week-long Hindu celebration of prayer and bathing that began before dawn on Monday.

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