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Pilgrims drag a devotee by a rope in the Marianne River during the Ganga Dhaaraa festival at Blanchisseuse on Trinidad's north coast June 8, 2014. [Photo/Agencies] |
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims thronged to the Ganga river in Uttar Pradesh Sunday for the annual festival, which is celebrated as the day when the Ganga river is believed to have descended on the earth.
A total of 39 people were reported drowned in various parts of the Ganga river across the state, and 27 bodies have been recovered, said police.
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