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It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion at around 6:30pm 1300 GMT at a ritual bathing "ghat" on the banks of the Ganges river, which is holy to Hindus, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Left, laborers returned home after cleaning the 'ghats', or sacred bathing areas, on the banks of the Ganges river in Allahabad, India, Jan. 13.
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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Left, participants clean the banks of the Ganges river in Rishikesh.
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Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press Cricket fans prepared to offer a piece of cloth to the Ganges river as part of thanksgiving prayers for India's World Cup win.
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Left, polluted waste water flows into the Ganges river in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh on Jan. 13, 2010.
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Nearby Pashupatinath, along the banks of the Bagmati river, is popular for cremations, much like Varanasi on the Ganges river in India.
Kathmandu, Nepal 2010
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A sadhu carries water from the Ganges river in a pitcher in Allahabad, India, March 24, 2010.
Holy Men of India 2010
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After that, a couple of Beeboids on the World Service were laughing at those primitives in India who think the Ganges river is sacred.
OPEN THREAD 2009
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Ten dead in stampede at Indian religious ceremony TEN people were crushed to death and many others injured in a stampede at a religious ceremony close to the Ganges river in northern India today.
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A Hindu man writes Happy Christmas in Hindi on his forehead on the banks of the Ganges river in Allahabad, India.
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