>>>>Drone footage showed millions of devotees, shoulder to shoulder, arriving in the pre-dawn dark for the holy dip to mark the most auspicious day of the festival.<<<<
Millions of people taking a bath in the same river at the same time?!
UGH.
In a heavily polluted river that smells like a sewer.
Especially in India.
Here's a tip: DON'T go looking for photos of the Ganges River. Down that rabbit hole lies madness.