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Boatman Chhote Lal Nishad rows his boat across the river Yamuna in Prayagraj. Photo: AFP For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India's millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their ...

"We bring the devotees to the holy place in our boat," said 52-year-old boatman Chhote Lal Nishad, returning after taking six pilgrims out on the water at dawn in his narrow wooden boat.

For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India's millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual bathing in the holy waters where sacred rivers meet. And for as long as ...