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Security personnel checks devotees at a make-shift camp during the Gangasagar Mela in South Kolkata on Thursday, 10 January 2013. Some three hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims gathered at the Gangasagar Mela (Fair) to take a dip in the Ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered being great religious significance in Hindu mythology.

Security personnel checks devotees at a make-shift camp during the Gangasagar Mela in South Kolkata on Thursday, 10 January 2013. Some three hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims gathered at the Gangasagar Mela (Fair) to take a dip in the Ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered being great religious significance in Hindu mythology.

Security personnel checks devotees at a make-shift camp during the Gangasagar Mela in South Kolkata on Thursday, 10 January 2013. Some three hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims gathered at the Gangasagar Mela (Fair) to take a dip in the Ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered being great religious significance in Hindu mythology.

Security personnel checks devotees at a make-shift camp during the Gangasagar Mela in South Kolkata on Thursday, 10 January 2013. Some three hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims gathered at the Gangasagar Mela (Fair) to take a dip in the Ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered being great religious significance in Hindu mythology.

Security personnel checks devotees at a make-shift camp during the Gangasagar Mela in South Kolkata on Thursday, 10 January 2013. Some three hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims gathered at the Gangasagar Mela (Fair) to take a dip in the Ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered being great religious significance in Hindu mythology.

BJP Leaders Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Tarun Vijay comes out after meeting with P Chidambaram, Union Minister regarding increase of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims death, outside the North Block in New Delhi on Tuesday, 24 July 2012.

Elderly Indian on the way before departs for First Trip of Gujarat at Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday, 11 October 2012. Some 450 Haj Pilgrims from Gujarat state Ahmedabad to Madina by Air India Airline in the first flight of Gujarat.

Elderly Indian on the way before departs for First Trip of Gujarat at Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday, 11 October 2012. Some 450 Haj Pilgrims from Gujarat state Ahmedabad to Madina by Air India Airline in the first flight of Gujarat.

Pilgrims on way to holy cave shrine of Amarnath for the darshan of Swayam Bhu ice Shiva Lingam crossing the Brarimarg track on Baltal-Amarnath in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday, 02 July 2012.

Civil Administration Flag Off during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012. The first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims has left for the Holy Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Kashmiri Hajj pilgrim waves towards their relatives as they depart for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012. The first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims has left for the Holy Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Kashmiri Hajj pilgrims wait to board a bus before departing the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012. The first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims has left for the Holy Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Kashmiri Hajj pilgrims wait to board a bus before departing the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012. The first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims has left for the Holy Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Relatives of Kashmiri Hajj pilgrim hug each other as they depart for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012. The first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims has left for the Holy Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Kashmiri Hajj pilgrims during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012. The first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims has left for the Holy Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Kashmiri Hajj pilgrims during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012. The first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims has left for the Holy Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Kashmiri Hajj pilgrims during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012. The first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims has left for the Holy Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Kashmiri Hajj pilgrim waves towards their relatives as they depart for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012. The first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims has left for the Holy Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage.

J & K Omar Abdullah meets first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012.

J & K Omar Abdullah meets first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012.

J & K Omar Abdullah meets first batch of 270 Kashmiri Muslim Hajj pilgrims in Srinagar on Monday, 17 September 2012.

Amarnath pilgrims on way to the holy cave at Bararimarg through the shortest route to Amarnath at Baltal about 100 kms from Srinagar on the first day of the commencement of the yatra, in J&K on Monday, 25 June 2012.

Amarnath pilgrims on way to the holy cave at Bararimarg through the shortest route to Amarnath at Baltal about 100 kms from Srinagar on the first day of the commencement of the yatra, in J&K on Monday, 25 June 2012.

BJP Leaders Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Tarun Vijay comes out after meeting with P Chidambaram, Union Minister regarding increase of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims death, outside the North Block in New Delhi on Tuesday, 24 July 2012.

BJP Leaders Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Tarun Vijay comes out after meeting with P Chidambaram, Union Minister regarding increase of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims death, outside the North Block in New Delhi on Tuesday, 24 July 2012.

BJP Leaders Arun Jaitley while Sushma Swaraj addresses to media after coming out meeting with P Chidambaram, Union Minister regarding increase of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims death, outside the North Block in New Delhi on Tuesday, 24 July 2012.

Kanwariyas pilgrims devotees performing Abhishek of Shiv Ling with Ganga Jal brought from Haridwar, in New Delhi on Tuesday, 17 July 2012.

Pilgrims on way to holy cave shrine of Amarnath for the darshan of Swayam Bhu ice Shiva Lingam crossing the Brarimarg track on Baltal-Amarnath in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday, 02 July 2012.

Pilgrims on way to holy cave shrine of Amarnath for the darshan of Swayam Bhu ice Shiva Lingam crossing the Brarimarg track on Baltal-Amarnath in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday, 02 July 2012.

Amarnath pilgrims on way to the holy cave at Bararimarg through the shortest route to Amarnath at Baltal about 100 kms from Srinagar on the first day of the commencement of the yatra, in J&K on Monday, 25 June 2012.

Pilgrims riding horses at Bararimarg through the shortest route to Amarnath at Baltal about 100 kms from Srinagar on the first day of the commencement of the yatra, in J&K on Monday, 25 June 2012.

Amarnath pilgrims on way to the holy cave at Bararimarg through the shortest route to Amarnath at Baltal about 100 kms from Srinagar on the first day of the commencement of the yatra, in J&K on Monday, 25 June 2012.

Pilgrims riding horses at Bararimarg through the shortest route to Amarnath at Baltal about 100 kms from Srinagar on the first day of the commencement of the yatra, in J&K on Monday, 25 June 2012.

Amarnath pilgrims wait in queue near the base camp Sonmarg to proceed towards holy cave on first day of Amarnath Yatra in J&K on Monday, 25 June 2012.

Amarnath pilgrims wait in queue near the base camp Sonmarg to proceed towards holy cave on first day of Amarnath Yatra in J&K on Monday, 25 June 2012.

Amarnath pilgrims on way to the holy cave at Bararimarg through the shortest route to Amarnath at Baltal about 100 kms from Srinagar on the first day of the commencement of the yatra, in J&K on Monday, 25 June 2012.

Pilgrims riding horses at Bararimarg through the shortest route to Amarnath at Baltal about 100 kms from Srinagar on the first day of the commencement of the yatra, in J&K on Monday, 25 June 2012.

Indian Hindu pilgrims on their wayto home from Gangasagar Mela in Kolkata on Sunday, 15 January 2012.

Indian Hindu pilgrims on their wayto home from Gangasagar Mela in Kolkata on Sunday, 15 January 2012.