LIVE: Hindu holy men lead first royal bath at India's Kumbh Mela | REUTERS

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Thousands of ash-smeared Hindu holy men lead millions of pilgrims into the icy river waters for the first royal bath of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in northern India.

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