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Taking a dip, pilgrims believe, will result in wealth, fertility and absolution of their sins. "We feel wonderful after bathing. There is so much energy in the water and it flows into us," says Surinder Bharti, a leader of the Juna Akhara, one of the four main monastic orders of holy men, who see themselves as Hinduism's warriors.

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