Naga sadhus attend ’Shahi Snan’ or mass bathing at Kumbh Mela, Allahabad

Now don’t go and flag this video down for nudity! This is a serious religious practice from India and a publicly-attended spectacle too, and, as documentary filmmakers from India, it is our duty to show you all there is to be seen in India - warts and all! Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is considered to be the largest peaceful gathering in the world where around 100 million people were expected to visit during the Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013 in Allahabad. It is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayaga), Nashik and Ujjain. Thus the Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places every twelfth year. Ardha (“Half“) Kumbh Mela is held at only two places, Haridwar and Allahabad, every sixth year. The rivers at these four places are: the Ganges (Ganga) at Haridwar, the confluence (Sangam) of the Ganges and the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at Allah