Man washing a huge cooking pan in an Ashram at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Each Ashram has a communal kitchen where they cooks rice, dal and other strictly vegetarian food for dozens of Hindu pilgrims every day.

Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.

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