"Kumbh Mela" (Pitcher Festival)

A Sadhu or Hindu holy man poses after taking a dip in the river Ganges during the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 15, 2013.

A Hindu devotee poses after taking a dip in the river Ganges during the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 15, 2013.

Hindu priests hold oil lamps as they perform evening prayers on the banks of river Ganges during the "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 17, 2013.

Hindu holy men of the Juna Akhara sect participate in rituals that is believed to rid them of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God as a 'Naga' or naked holy men, after taking dips at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, early Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013.

Thousands of people throng a platform waiting for trains to take them back home after visiting the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013.

Scene during the Kumbh Mela, India, 1953.

Scene during the Kumbh Mela, India, 1953.

People walk past a tent city erected for masses of pilgrims on the banks of river Ganges on the occasion of the Makar Sankranti
festival in the northern city of Allahabad January 14, 2014.

Hindu pilgrims dry their saree, a traditional cloth used for women's clothing, after taking a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the
Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 18, 2014.

A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, sits on the banks of river Ganges with his prosthetic leg on a cold winter morning in the northern city
of Allahabad January 20, 2014.

Indian Hindu pilgrims walk on the banks of the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, as
the sun sets during the annual traditional fair 'Magh Mela' in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014.

Hindu devotees walk early morning at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna, during the annual traditional fair
"Magh Mela" in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014.

Light shines from a tent of devotees resting at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati
river, during the annual traditional fair 'Magh Mela' in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014.

Indian security personnel stand guard on a bridge overlooking the resting site of pilgrims at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges
and Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the annual traditional fair 'Magh Mela' in Allahabad, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014.

People watch Indian daredevils as they prepare to perform stunts at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical
Saraswati, during the annual traditional fair of "Magh Mela" in Allahabad, India, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014.

Indian Hindu priests rotate traditional oil lamps as they perform evening rituals at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges,
Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the annual traditional fair 'Magh Mela' in Allahabad, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014.

Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, perform prayers while sitting inside circles of burning "Upale" (or dried cow dung cakes) on the banks of
the river Ganges during the Magh Mela festival in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 4, 2014.

Indian devotees take holy dips as flowers offered by devotees float at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges and the Yamuna
during the annual traditional fair " Magh Mela" in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014.