Search for: [Object description = "Photo \(scan from slide\). Kumbh mela views. In the foreground, you can see a gate leading to the area occupied by one of the monasteries of ascetics \(akhara\). Above the entrance is the inscription Taponidhi Sri Anand Akhara, Dasanami Naga Sanyasi. ascetics \(naga\) included in the strictest formula of asceticism. They walk almost naked, smear ash on their bodies and their hair is braided in dreadlocks. Behind the gate there are tents where pilgrims are welcomed. These events take place during the kumbh mela festival, which takes place in Allahabad 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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