Indian devotees wait for free food near Sangam or confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Saraswati rivers during the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad . The Kumbh Mela in the town of Allahabad will see up to 100 million worshippers gather over 55 days to take a ritual bath in the holy waters, believed to cleanse sins and bestow blessings. . ALLAHABAD- INDIA 08/02/2013..