April 21, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: “We had to cancel our Good Friday services in our ashram, because we would not be able to abide by the COVID-19 protocol,” said Father Anand Mathew of the Indian Missionary Society. “But the Hindu religious fair in Haridwar must go on.”
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Christians in India accuse government of double-standard as millions attend Hindu festival
Apr 15, 2021 contributor
Devotees take holy dips in the river Ganges during Shahi snan or a Royal bath at Kumbh mela, in Haridwar in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Monday, April 12, 2021. As states across India are declaring some version of a lockdown to battle rising Covid cases as part of a nationwide second-wave, thousands of pilgrims are gathering on the banks of the river Ganga for the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela. The faithful believe that a dip in the waters of the Ganga will absolve them of their sins and deliver them from the cycle of birth and death. (Credit: Karma Sonam/AP.)