Advertisement Article continues below this ad The festival also sees millions of Hindu women taking a dip in the waters, often draped in a sari. Saris have remained traditional dresses for women ...

The festival also sees millions of Hindu women taking a dip in the waters, often draped in a sari. Saris have remained traditional dresses for women in India and other South Asian countries ...

This display of Indian women’s most idiosyncratic garment — known as the sari — is, however, seen mostly when it is sun-dried right on the sandy banks at the confluence of the Ganges ...

Each sari color has a significance, with red and yellow believed to be most auspicious. The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing ...