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(`city of god') historic city in Uttar
Pradesh state, NE India, 580 km/360 mi SE of
Delhi, on the Yamuna River where it meets the
Ganges and the mythical Seraswati River;
population (1981) 642,000. A Hindu religious
festival is held here every 12 years with the
participants washing away sin and sickness by
bathing in the rivers. 15 million people
attended the festival of the jar of nectar of
immortality, Khumbha-mela; Jan--Mar 1989.