Hindu Pilgrimage To River Ganges. Ganges River Hindi Ganga great river of the plains of the northern Indian subcontinent. CNN Hindu devotees packed the streets of Haridwar in northern India on Monday for the largest religious pilgrimage on Earth in scenes that defied social distancing rules just as COVID-19. The city of Haridwar in Uttarakhand state was chosen to host the seven-week long Kumbh Mela festival this year. Sometimes the river is represented in female form because many Hindus refer to it as mother Gangaa or she.
Hindu pilgrims offer prayers at the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Mela on the occasion of Makar Sankranti at Sagar Island south of Kolkata on January 14. Hindu devotees prepare to take a holy dip in the Ganges River in Haridwar India on April 12. The most famous Hindu pilgrimage is the Kumbh Mela which takes place at the River Ganges in India. Explores the importance of the River Ganges to Hindus. The Ganges flows with the history and religious fervor of thousands of years and has become one of Indias main tirthas or places of pilgrimage. The Ganges river is sacred to Hindus because it is considered to be the extension of God Lord Shiva and therefore the river is divine and an image of the higher power.
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Sometimes the river is represented in female form because many Hindus refer to it as mother Gangaa or she. CNN Every year tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims wade into the Ganges River seeking salvation from the eternal cycle of life and death. Hindu devotees packed the streets of Haridwar in northern India on Monday for the largest religious. The Kumbh Mela another sacred ritual is a Hindu festival during which pilgrims to the Ganges bathe themselves in the sacred waters. Up to 40 million people come to purify themselves in the water the biggest gathering of people. Though international tourists are relatively few many Hindu pilgrims come from the far-flung corners of India to pay homage to the Ganges a sacred river personified as the Goddess Ganga.