January 13, 2008

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GANGASAGAR ISLAND, INDIA - An Indian Hindu holy man performs a ritual standing on the bank of a river January 13, 2008 on Gangasagar island some 150 km south of Kolkata. Thousands of Hindu pilgrims converge for the Gangasagar Mela which will culminate on a dip in the Ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, some 150 km south of Kolkata January 14, 2008, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar. (Photo by Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images)

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