"Pitcher of the Year"

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24 August 2018

Hindu Lord Shiva devotees 'kanwadiyas' arrive to offer prayers and collect holy water during the holy month of 'Shravan' from river Ganga, in Haridwar, Uttrakhand , India on August 23,2018. Lord Shiva devotees , came around the country by walking barefoot, this time of the year, often accompanied with blaring music in praise of the Hindu deity.The kanvadias, as they are called, usually carry two pitchers of holy water from river Ganga (gangajal) on either side of a pole balanced on the shoulder. The pole, heavily decorated, has traditionally been called kanwar. That earns the annual pilgrimage – kanwar yatra – its name. The yatra falls during shravana (or saavan), the fifth month of the Hindu calendar.

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24 August 2018

Hindu Lord Shiva devotees 'kanwadiyas' arrive to offer prayers and collect holy water during the holy month of 'Shravan' from river Ganga, in Haridwar, Uttrakhand , India on August 23,2018. Lord Shiva devotees , came around the country by walking barefoot, this time of the year, often accompanied with blaring music in praise of the Hindu deity.The kanvadias, as they are called, usually carry two pitchers of holy water from river Ganga (gangajal) on either side of a pole balanced on the shoulder. The pole, heavily decorated, has traditionally been called kanwar. That earns the annual pilgrimage – kanwar yatra – its name. The yatra falls during shravana (or saavan), the fifth month of the Hindu calendar.

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24 August 2018

Hindu Lord Shiva devotees 'kanwadiyas' carry kawad after offer prayer and collect holy water during the holy month of 'Shravan' from river Ganga, in Haridwar, Uttrakhand , India on August 23,2018. Lord Shiva devotees , came around the country by walking barefoot, this time of the year, often accompanied with blaring music in praise of the Hindu deity.The kanvadias, as they are called, usually carry two pitchers of holy water from river Ganga (gangajal) on either side of a pole balanced on the shoulder. The pole, heavily decorated, has traditionally been called kanwar. That earns the annual pilgrimage – kanwar yatra – its name. The yatra falls during shravana (or saavan), the fifth month of the Hindu calendar.

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24 August 2018

Hindu Lord Shiva devotees 'kanwadiyas' carry kawad after offer prayer and collect holy water during the holy month of 'Shravan' from river Ganga, in Haridwar, Uttrakhand , India on August 23,2018. Lord Shiva devotees , came around the country by walking barefoot, this time of the year, often accompanied with blaring music in praise of the Hindu deity.The kanvadias, as they are called, usually carry two pitchers of holy water from river Ganga (gangajal) on either side of a pole balanced on the shoulder. The pole, heavily decorated, has traditionally been called kanwar. That earns the annual pilgrimage – kanwar yatra – its name. The yatra falls during shravana (or saavan), the fifth month of the Hindu calendar.

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24 August 2018

Hindu Lord Shiva devotees 'kanwadiyas' carry kawad after offer prayer and collect holy water during the holy month of 'Shravan' from river Ganga, in Haridwar, Uttrakhand , India on August 23,2018. Lord Shiva devotees , came around the country by walking barefoot, this time of the year, often accompanied with blaring music in praise of the Hindu deity.The kanvadias, as they are called, usually carry two pitchers of holy water from river Ganga (gangajal) on either side of a pole balanced on the shoulder. The pole, heavily decorated, has traditionally been called kanwar. That earns the annual pilgrimage – kanwar yatra – its name. The yatra falls during shravana (or saavan), the fifth month of the Hindu calendar.

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24 August 2018

Hindu Lord Shiva devotees 'kanwadiyas' carry kawad after offer prayer and collect holy water during the holy month of 'Shravan' from river Ganga, in Haridwar, Uttrakhand , India on August 23,2018. Lord Shiva devotees , came around the country by walking barefoot, this time of the year, often accompanied with blaring music in praise of the Hindu deity.The kanvadias, as they are called, usually carry two pitchers of holy water from river Ganga (gangajal) on either side of a pole balanced on the shoulder. The pole, heavily decorated, has traditionally been called kanwar. That earns the annual pilgrimage – kanwar yatra – its name. The yatra falls during shravana (or saavan), the fifth month of the Hindu calendar.

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24 August 2018

Hindu Lord Shiva devotees 'kanwadiyas' carry kawad after offer prayer and collect holy water during the holy month of 'Shravan' from river Ganga, in Haridwar, Uttrakhand , India on August 23,2018. Lord Shiva devotees , came around the country by walking barefoot, this time of the year, often accompanied with blaring music in praise of the Hindu deity.The kanvadias, as they are called, usually carry two pitchers of holy water from river Ganga (gangajal) on either side of a pole balanced on the shoulder. The pole, heavily decorated, has traditionally been called kanwar. That earns the annual pilgrimage – kanwar yatra – its name. The yatra falls during shravana (or saavan), the fifth month of the Hindu calendar.

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#1149495

11 April 2016

An indian woman carries pitchers of water from a temporary water conserving sand well, during a hot day, in the outskirts of Allahabad on April 10,2016. Despite improvements over the past few years, accessing clean water is a big challenge in rural India. According to the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) estimates, 14% of the households reported shortage of drinking water at some point during the year.Two years of back-to-back drought have meant Indias reservoirs are three-quarters of the past decades average. Water scarcity could hurt crops, worsen price pressures and dent growth in Asias third-biggest economy.

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11 April 2016

A young indian girl carries pitchers of water from a temporary water conserving sand well, during a hot day, in the outskirts of Allahabad on April 10,2016. Despite improvements over the past few years, accessing clean water is a big challenge in rural India. According to the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) estimates, 14% of the households reported shortage of drinking water at some point during the year.Two years of back-to-back drought have meant Indias reservoirs are three-quarters of the past decades average. Water scarcity could hurt crops, worsen price pressures and dent growth in Asias third-biggest economy.

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11 April 2016

A young indian boy carries pitchers of water from a temporary water conserving sand well, during a hot day, in the outskirts of Allahabad on April 10,2016. Despite improvements over the past few years, accessing clean water is a big challenge in rural India. According to the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) estimates, 14% of the households reported shortage of drinking water at some point during the year.Two years of back-to-back drought have meant Indias reservoirs are three-quarters of the past decades average. Water scarcity could hurt crops, worsen price pressures and dent growth in Asias third-biggest economy.

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16 July 2014

Galichnik, Macedonia-- The rituals include the carrying of a pitcher decorated with coins and flowers and many other symbolic items. Hundreds of people gathered to attend the annual wedding festival in the Macedonian village of Galichnik to witness, for the first time, a double wedding. The festival is a chance for the decedents of villagers to reenact folk wedding traditions in this depopulated region. Currently the village has only two year-round residents, although it is a popular summer vacation spot. Photo by Jodi Hilton/NurPhoto

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#1403

11 February 2013

ITA: Kumbh Mela è un pellegrinaggio Hindu di massa nel quale si riuniscono per farsi il bagno in un fiume sacro. E' il piu' grande raduno religioso del mondo. Si svolge ogni tre anni in uno dei quattro posti a rotazione: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik e Ujjain. La Maha Kumbh Mela ("Grande" Kumbh Mela) si celebra ad Allahabad dopo 4 Purna Kumbh Mela (e di conseguenza dopo 12 anni). I fiumi sacri in questi quattro posti sono: Ganges (Ganga) a Haridwar, il Saraswati ad Allahabad, il Godawari a Nasik e la Shipra a Ujjain. Nei primi 45 giorni del gennaio 2007, più di 16 milioni di Hindu parteciparono alla Ardh Kumbh Mela a Prayag. Alla Maha Kumbh Mela del 2001, parteciparono circa 60 milioni di persone, rendendo il rito il più grande raduno mai svolto nel mondo. EN: Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus in India gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is the world's largest religious gathering. It is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik and Ujjain. Thus the Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places every twelfth year. Ardh ("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 Allahabad, the Godawari at Nasik, and the Shipra at Ujjain. Kumbh means a pitcher and Mela means fair in Hindi. The pilgrimage is held for about one and a half months at each of these four places where it is believed in Hinduism that drops of nectar fell from the Kumbh carried by gods after the sea was churned. The festival is billed as the "world

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11 February 2013

ITA: Kumbh Mela è un pellegrinaggio Hindu di massa nel quale si riuniscono per farsi il bagno in un fiume sacro. E' il piu' grande raduno religioso del mondo. Si svolge ogni tre anni in uno dei quattro posti a rotazione: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik e Ujjain. La Maha Kumbh Mela ("Grande" Kumbh Mela) si celebra ad Allahabad dopo 4 Purna Kumbh Mela (e di conseguenza dopo 12 anni). I fiumi sacri in questi quattro posti sono: Ganges (Ganga) a Haridwar, il Saraswati ad Allahabad, il Godawari a Nasik e la Shipra a Ujjain. Nei primi 45 giorni del gennaio 2007, più di 16 milioni di Hindu parteciparono alla Ardh Kumbh Mela a Prayag. Alla Maha Kumbh Mela del 2001, parteciparono circa 60 milioni di persone, rendendo il rito il più grande raduno mai svolto nel mondo. EN: Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus in India gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is the world's largest religious gathering. It is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik and Ujjain. Thus the Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places every twelfth year. Ardh ("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 Allahabad, the Godawari at Nasik, and the Shipra at Ujjain. Kumbh means a pitcher and Mela means fair in Hindi. The pilgrimage is held for about one and a half months at each of these four places where it is believed in Hinduism that drops of nectar fell from the Kumbh carried by gods after the sea was churned. The festival is billed as the "world

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11 February 2013

ITA: Kumbh Mela è un pellegrinaggio Hindu di massa nel quale si riuniscono per farsi il bagno in un fiume sacro. E' il piu' grande raduno religioso del mondo. Si svolge ogni tre anni in uno dei quattro posti a rotazione: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik e Ujjain. La Maha Kumbh Mela ("Grande" Kumbh Mela) si celebra ad Allahabad dopo 4 Purna Kumbh Mela (e di conseguenza dopo 12 anni). I fiumi sacri in questi quattro posti sono: Ganges (Ganga) a Haridwar, il Saraswati ad Allahabad, il Godawari a Nasik e la Shipra a Ujjain. Nei primi 45 giorni del gennaio 2007, più di 16 milioni di Hindu parteciparono alla Ardh Kumbh Mela a Prayag. Alla Maha Kumbh Mela del 2001, parteciparono circa 60 milioni di persone, rendendo il rito il più grande raduno mai svolto nel mondo. EN: Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus in India gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is the world's largest religious gathering. It is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik and Ujjain. Thus the Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places every twelfth year. Ardh ("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 Allahabad, the Godawari at Nasik, and the Shipra at Ujjain. Kumbh means a pitcher and Mela means fair in Hindi. The pilgrimage is held for about one and a half months at each of these four places where it is believed in Hinduism that drops of nectar fell from the Kumbh carried by gods after the sea was churned. The festival is billed as the "world

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11 February 2013

ITA: Kumbh Mela è un pellegrinaggio Hindu di massa nel quale si riuniscono per farsi il bagno in un fiume sacro. E' il piu' grande raduno religioso del mondo. Si svolge ogni tre anni in uno dei quattro posti a rotazione: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik e Ujjain. La Maha Kumbh Mela ("Grande" Kumbh Mela) si celebra ad Allahabad dopo 4 Purna Kumbh Mela (e di conseguenza dopo 12 anni). I fiumi sacri in questi quattro posti sono: Ganges (Ganga) a Haridwar, il Saraswati ad Allahabad, il Godawari a Nasik e la Shipra a Ujjain. Nei primi 45 giorni del gennaio 2007, più di 16 milioni di Hindu parteciparono alla Ardh Kumbh Mela a Prayag. Alla Maha Kumbh Mela del 2001, parteciparono circa 60 milioni di persone, rendendo il rito il più grande raduno mai svolto nel mondo. EN: Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus in India gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is the world's largest religious gathering. It is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik and Ujjain. Thus the Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places every twelfth year. Ardh ("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 Allahabad, the Godawari at Nasik, and the Shipra at Ujjain. Kumbh means a pitcher and Mela means fair in Hindi. The pilgrimage is held for about one and a half months at each of these four places where it is believed in Hinduism that drops of nectar fell from the Kumbh carried by gods after the sea was churned. The festival is billed as the "world

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11 February 2013

ITA: Kumbh Mela è un pellegrinaggio Hindu di massa nel quale si riuniscono per farsi il bagno in un fiume sacro. E' il piu' grande raduno religioso del mondo. Si svolge ogni tre anni in uno dei quattro posti a rotazione: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik e Ujjain. La Maha Kumbh Mela ("Grande" Kumbh Mela) si celebra ad Allahabad dopo 4 Purna Kumbh Mela (e di conseguenza dopo 12 anni). I fiumi sacri in questi quattro posti sono: Ganges (Ganga) a Haridwar, il Saraswati ad Allahabad, il Godawari a Nasik e la Shipra a Ujjain. Nei primi 45 giorni del gennaio 2007, più di 16 milioni di Hindu parteciparono alla Ardh Kumbh Mela a Prayag. Alla Maha Kumbh Mela del 2001, parteciparono circa 60 milioni di persone, rendendo il rito il più grande raduno mai svolto nel mondo. EN: Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus in India gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is the world's largest religious gathering. It is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik and Ujjain. Thus the Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places every twelfth year. Ardh ("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 Allahabad, the Godawari at Nasik, and the Shipra at Ujjain. Kumbh means a pitcher and Mela means fair in Hindi. The pilgrimage is held for about one and a half months at each of these four places where it is believed in Hinduism that drops of nectar fell from the Kumbh carried by gods after the sea was churned. The festival is billed as the "world

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