HINDUS IN HOOGHLI
RELIGIOUS; CLEANSING RITE
FESTIVAL ALL OVER INDIA
CALCUTTA, February 4.
Half a million Hindus crowded the holy Riv.er Hooghli cleansing themselves from sin. A thousand lifesavers prevented frenzied devotees drowning in order to attain reincarnation. "...■: ' .
Millions of Hindus throughout India are celebrating the festival occurring when the moon, makes .conjunction with the, sun and Capricorn.
The authorities have taken special precautions to avert the disaster which marked" the last' observance iri 1908, overcrowding leading to epidemics of plague and cholera.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 30, 5 February 1935, Page 9
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