Is that what they are renowned for?
I thought it was for ritually bathing themselves in a shit-clogged river?
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2001/...-19-01.asp
I thought it was for ritually bathing themselves in a shit-clogged river?
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2001/...-19-01.asp
Quote: ALLAHABAD, India, January 19, 2001 (ENS) - Seventy million people are expected to immerse themselves in the waters of the Ganges River during Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Sacred Jug Festival.
Hindus believe the immersion will purify their souls, but Indian and international environmentalists are warning that this holiest of rivers, though once revered for its purity, is now terribly polluted.