Maha Kumbh Mela 2013

An Indian worker carries a portrait of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in preparation of his Sunday visit at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, india, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

An Indian Hindu devotee listens to preaching by a spiritual leader at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

An Indian Hindu devotee listens to preaching by a spiritual leader at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A Hindu devotee bows in reverence as spiritual leader Swami Sri Adgadanand ji Maharaj arrives to deliver teachings at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, india, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

An Indian Hindu devotee listens to preachings by a holy man at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 photo, an Indian walks in smoke as Health Department workers, unseen, fogs for mosquitoes at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. During the festival pilgrims bathe in the holy Ganges River in a ritual they believe can wash away their sins. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

An Indian health worker cleans the water at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. During the festival pilgrims bathe in the holy Ganges River in a ritual they believe can wash away their sins. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

In this late Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 photo, an Indian child dressed as a Hindu Goddess watches a religious procession towards the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, as part of the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)