Lucknow: A large number of devotees converged on the pilgrim towns of Allahabad, Varanasi and Ayodhya Thursday for a holy dip in the Ganges and other rivers on Kartik Purnima, considered auspicious by Hindus to worship Lord Shiva.
Image: Devotees take a holy dip during Dev Deepawali festival on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, on Thursday, November10, 2011.
Text: IANS
Images: AP/PTI