 "Devotees offer prayer and take holy dip on the occasion of 'Maha Shivaratri' festival during the ongoing Kumbh Mela, in Prayagraj")
Pandemic fails to deter Kumbh Mela pilgrims
The pandemic has not deterred scores of Hindu pilgrims from descending on River Ganga's banks for the annual Kumbh Mela, according to a report in Aljazeera.
India has the second-most severe outbreak with over 150,000 fatalities. But this has not stopped pilgrims from celebrating the religious festival in Uttarakhand's Haridwar. Festival organiser Siddharth Chakrapani, who expected nearly a million people on Thursday alone, told Aljazeera that the pandemic was a worry, but that precautions were being taken. On Wednesday, the banks of the river were chock-a-block with people who were seemingly oblivious to
