A woman prays in the Mahamaham Temple tank during the Hindu Kumb Mela festival that is celebrated every 12 years in the small temple-town called Kumbkonam in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India. It is believed taking a bath or sprinkling water of the tank on their bodies or actually praying in the tank will clense them of all their sins. This festival, called the Mahamaham festival, took place in March of 2004


A woman prays in the Mahamaham Temple tank during the Hindu Kumb Mela festival that is celebrated every 12 years in the small temple-town called Kumbkonam in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India. It is believed taking a bath or sprinkling water of the tank on their bodies or actually praying in the tank will clense them of all their sins. This festival, called the Mahamaham festival, took place in March of 2004


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