The Pontoon Bridges Serve 100 Million Pilgrims
Twenty-two temporary pontoon bridges served people to a major religious event in Allahabad, India, for two months.
The pontoon bridges serve 100 million pilgrims in India
Hindus cross the pontoon bridge as they leave Sangam - the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers during the Kumbh Mela festival, held in Allahabad, India on February 10, 2013. This event is considered the largest religious gathering on the planet, taking place in 2 months. The number of pilgrims coming here is the largest 120 million, recorded in 2013. By 2019, Kumbh Mela will take place from January 15 to March 4 in Allahabad, India
An Indian laborer welded the details of a bridge over the Ganges in Allahabad
Photo: Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP.Currently, more than 1,700 floating steel buoys are being renewed, repaired and installed. Photo: Jitendra Prakash / Reuters.
Workers together moved the steel buoy to build a temporary bridge on the Ganges River. Photo: Jitendra Prakash / Reuters.
Steel buoys are pulled into the river by ropes. Photo: Sanjay Kanojia / AFP
Hindus believe that just bathing in the Ganges River during the festivities, all their sins will be cleansed.
Photo: AFP.Wooden sleepers are the paving material on the bridge. Most activities in the construction process still use human power. Photo: Sanjay Kanojia / AFP.
Bridge surface after being covered with wooden sleepers. Steel buoys have also been reinforced with ropes. Photo: Sanjay Kanojia / AFP.
An elephant crosses the makeshift bridge in Allahabad.
In addition to the religious significance, the Kumbh Mela venue is also the place where major trade events and fairs take place. Photo: Saurabh Das / AP.Hindus cross the Ganges River after bathing in the Sangam River water on February 10, 2013. Photo: Jitendra Prakash / Reuters.
The stream of pedestrians covering the pontoon bridge is a familiar image when the gathering of Hindus takes place. Photo: Robert Nickelsberg.
Those who are glorified as saints sit on top of cars crossing temporary bridges. Photo: Pawel Kopczynski / Reuters.
A pilgrim takes river water to bathe in the Kumbh Mela festival, thousands behind are still moving to where they believe will wash away all their sins. Photo: Mario Tama.
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