Ad Haridwar, una delle città sacre dell'India, nello Stato di Uttarakhand

(AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Security personnel keep guard around the temple complex region near the river Ganges at Haridwar, India, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The administration and police have geared up to control hundreds of thousands of people that will gather along the Ganges in the coming months to celebrate Kumbh festival. According to Hindu mythology Kumbh is celebrated in four places in India where drops of nectar of life is said to have fallen during a tug of war between the gods and demons in ancient times.