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India's Modi Takes Ritual Dip At Hindu Mega-festival

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) takes a dip in sacred waters at the world's largest religious festival (Credit: AFP)

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a ritual river dip on Wednesday at the world's largest religious festival, a week after a stampede killed at least 30 pilgrims.

Many millions of people have already bathed in the confluence of rivers at the Kumbh Mela, a six-week-long Hindu celebration of prayer and bathing held every 12 years.

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