It's holy dip time in India again as millions of Hindus congregate to bathe, pray and celebrate.
The Kumbh Mela is a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus, or holy men, and other pilgrims at the confluence of three sacred rivers — the Yamuna, the Ganges and the mythical Saraswati — that dates back to at least medieval times.
Pilgrims bathe in the river believing it cleanses them of their sins and ends their process of reincarnation.