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By Jessie Yeung, Esha Mitra and Manveena Suri, CNN Updated 4:26 AM ET, Thu April 1, 2021 Hindu devotees attend evening prayers during Kumbh Mela in Haridwar on March 11. New Delhi (CNN)Massive crowds of Hindus began arriving in the northern Indian city of Haridwar on Thursday for the largest religious pilgrimage on Earth, even as experts warned it could cause a surge in Covid-19 cases as the country grapples with a second wave. The months-long Kumbh Mela festival, one of the most important Hindu celebrations, typically takes place every 12 years and draws tens of millions of pilgrims to four rotating sites. This year, it takes place in Haridwar, in the foothills of the outer Himalayas in Uttarakhand state, where devotees attend prayers, and wash their sins away in the sacred waters of the Ganges River. According to some myths associated with the festival, the river water turns into amrita, or the nectar of immortality, on particular days.

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