Editorial photo #1002129 Religion and Belief

Makar Sankranti Hindu Festival 2016

Indian Hindu devotees take a holy bath and perform rituals at the Gangasagar Island, some 150 kms south of Kolkata, on January 15, 2016. More than 500,000 Hindu pilgrims and sadhus - holy men - are expected to gather at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Mela to take a 'holy dip' in the ocean on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto)