(AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Family members throw water on reluctant bathers taking their time to adjust to the cold water at the Ganges river on the first day of the Kumbh fair at Haridwar, India, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children entered the fast-moving waters of the river, in a holy ritual at the Kumbh Mela, touted as the largest religious gathering in the world which is expected to attract more than 10 million people during the next three months. The festival, which is celebrated every three years, rotates among four Indian cities.