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'Pilgrims plodded for months in heat to get here, worn, poor and hungry, but sustained by unwavering faith,' Mark Twain said of the Maha Kumbh Mela in 1885.

More than a hundred years later that faith remains solid as a rock.

This year's Kumbh will see some 70 million people venturing from far and near to attend the greatest religious event known to the human race.

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