A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, his face smeared with turmeric and vermilion paste, looks on at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, his face smeared with turmeric and vermilion paste, looks on at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A Hindu man performs rituals in the sacred Banganga Tank during “sarvapitri amavasya,” in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Sarvapitri amavasya is the last day of the sixteen lunar day period when Hindus pay homage to their ancestors and perform rituals to ensure that the soul of their ancestors go to heaven. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

A Hindu man performs rituals in the sacred Banganga Tank during “sarvapitri amavasya,” in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Sarvapitri amavasya is the last day of the sixteen lunar day period when Hindus pay homage to their ancestors and perform rituals to ensure that the soul of their ancestors go to heaven. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

A lone Balinese resident watches the sun set on Kuta beach, Bali, Indonesia during Silence Day on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Hindus in the world’s most populous Muslim country celebrate their new year by observing a day of silence, in which they have to stay inside their homes and meditate in silence and darkness for the entire day. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

A lone Balinese resident watches the sun set on Kuta beach, Bali, Indonesia during Silence Day on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Hindus in the world’s most populous Muslim country celebrate their new year by observing a day of silence, in which they have to stay inside their homes and meditate in silence and darkness for the entire day. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

People dance under colored water sprayed on them with a hose pipe during Holi festivities in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the coming of spring. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Read more →

People dance under colored water sprayed on them with a hose pipe during Holi festivities in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the coming of spring. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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