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Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first

Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India on Tuesday, dreadlocks flying, during the first 'royal bath' of the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival.

Worshippers bathed in water at the Maha Kumbh festival in India. Footage shows thousands of devotees performing a 'holy dip' at Triveni Sangam in Uttar Pradesh on3. At least 450 million devotees, many of whom have travelled from across the country and various parts of the world,