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The Kumbh Mela pilgrims are Hinduists.
What faith do the Khumb Mela pilgrims belong to?
"The Great Picher Spectacle"
What's the English for Kumbh Mela?
Every twelve years
How often does the festival take place?
According to the place in the sky of planets, stars and suns.
How do they determine when the festival will take place?
Between 13 and 15 million.
How many pilgrims attend the festival in one single day?
Demons, gods and goddesses
Who fought a battle? Who waged a war?
Four drops of nectar of immortality.
What fell in the river?
To wash away their sins and to be freed from the cycle of death and rebirth.
Why do Hindu pilgrims bathe in the Ganges?
They are covered with ashes.
Why are the faces of some pilgrims white?
up to 50 days.
How long can the festival last?
at the confluence of three rivers.
Where does the festival take place?
They wear orange sarongs and necklaces of marigold flowers.
How are holy men dressed?
Because they cremate corpses on the river.
Why is there human ashes in the river?
Underground
Where is the third river?
Fertilizers, pesticides, industrial waste and sewage water
What are 4 sources of pollution of the Ganges?