A Line Millions of People Long


Photo via Steve McCurry's Simple Act of Waiting

Think that you're queueing in the longest supermarket checkout line ever? Well, at least you're not in this line of millions of people waiting to bathe in the Ganges river, as photographed by Steve McCurry. What an amazing sight!

Alice Yoo of My Modern Met wrote:

The Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage that's been called the world’s largest act of faith, the greatest show on earth and the largest gathering on the planet. In 2001 it was held in Allahabad, India where the India government estimates that about 70 million people came to bathe in the holy river Ganges where it meets with the also holy Yamuna river. Bathing in the holy waters at this particular time is said to wash away your karmic debt or cleanse you from your sins. It's literally a shortcut to spiritual liberation.

In this particular photo, it shows people traversing temporary pontoon bridges built along the Ganges River to facilitate movement. Fascinating.


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Well I guess that accounts for the one million liters or raw sewage that goes into the river everyday. What about the other 999 million liters?
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Such a contrast to what people will stand in line for in America...
Tennis shoe reveals, video games, iPhones, and sales on waffle irons.
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