Millions dip into icy cold rivers for Indian Kumbh Mela festival

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Millions of pilgrims, led by naked, ash-smeared Hindu holy men, plunged themselves into the icy cold waters of the Ganges to mark the beginning of the Kumbh Mela PIC: AP

 

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Up next for most of them: mega-cholera

Mercy!!

Yup religion is so smart

Wouldn't have been a good look for their manhood after getting out of icy water.

Impress the hell out of everyone and don’t come back up for air

So, stupid flogs follow half naked flogs seeking enlightenment, got it, Hindus are just as crazy as followers of other religions.

Ladies, if that thought doesn’t turn you on, I don’t know what will.

The naked, ash smeared Holy men as you call them are the great est resource of knowledge for seekers from actors the world.

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