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Holy Water for Pilgrims, via the Mail - The New York Times

August 27, 2016
Every summer, hundreds of thousands of Indians, barefoot and draped in orange clothing, make a 100-mile pilgrimage on foot to fetch water from the sacred Ganges River that they then offer at their local temples to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.

Source: Holy Water for Pilgrims, via the Mail - The New York Times

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  • Hinduism
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