Search for: [Object description = "Photo \(scan from slide\). Kumbh mela views. In the foreground, there are street hairdressers offering services to pilgrims. According to tradition, at the end of the pilgrimage, pilgrims shave their heads on the spot, hence the presence of a large number of hairdressers at that time. These events take place during the kumbh mela festival in Allahabad, they are celebrated every 12 years \(after 6 years, the so\-called half\-mela is held\). It is the most numerous festival in Northern India, and the uniqueness of Allahabad is that it lies where the Jamuna flows into the Ganges. The place where the waters merge, and this place is precisely visible in the different colors of the two waters \- is considered to be particularly suitable for a bath during kumbh mela."]

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