Hindus Defy Pollution to Bathe in Ganges Festival

**What does it say about our world and our culture that a sacred rite dating to over 2,000 years ago is threatened because we insist on constantly poisoning our earth? Well, that it's, um, FUCKED UP!**

ALLAHABAD, India -- Hindu holy men brandishing spears and tridents charged into the sacred Ganges on Monday, after threats to boycott the world's largest religious festival over pollution failed to dent devotees' fervour.

Industrial discharges, sewage, pesticides and the rotting remains of dead bodies have increased pollution levels in the Ganges over the years despite government promises to clean-up India's most sacred river.

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