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The Maha Kumbh Mela (great urn fair) is the greatest festival in the Hindureligious calendar -- a holy gathering at the confluence of India's Ganges andYamuna rivers. Lasting 42 days, it is held every 12 years and brings togetherthe faithful from across all India -- businessmen, priests, farmers, widows...It is rotated among four sites where a God on his way to heaven is believed tohave accidentally spilled an urn containing the nectar of eternal life.