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Early morning seekers come to the Sipra River in India for a “spiritual cleansing.” During the Kumbh Mela, an ancient Hindu festival, the river is busy 24 hours a day. The more devoted make it to the river at sunrise. Millions of people stream into the holy city of Ujjain in search of spiritual cleansing. They believe a holy dip in the waters will wash away their sins. As believers, we know that cleansing of sins isn’t found in a river in India but in the blood of Jesus Christ. This truth we have access to is why we send a missionary presence to the nations. IMB Photo

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A Muslim man performs wuḍūʾ, ablution, in preparation for formal prayers at the Jama Masjid of Delhi, India.

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A Muslim man performs wuḍūʾ, ablution, in preparation for formal prayers at the Jama Masjid of Delhi, India.

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A Muslim man performs wuḍūʾ, ablution, in preparation for formal prayers at the Jama Masjid of Delhi, India.

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While bathing in the pool surrounding the Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, men pray for healing and forgiveness from sins.

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Women stand and visit after washing their hands in the ceremonial pool at the Jama Masjid, a mosque in Old Delhi, India.

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A Muslim man ceremonially washes his hands before praying at the historic Jama Masjid, in Delhi, India.

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Men and women bathe in a holy river in India. They believe the water will cleanse them of their sins.

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A woman bathes in a holy river to cleanse herself of her sins.

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A man mops the stairs leading to a shrine in Beijing, China.

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A woman washes her hand at Narita-san Shinshō-ji, a Shingon Buddhist temple located near Tokyo, Japan’s Narita airport.

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Muslim man prepares for prayer with a ritual washing to cleanse himself before going into the mosque in Konya, Turkey.

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Men perform their ablutions before going to pray in a mosque in Turkey.

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Muslim men wash their feet in the vestibule of a mosque in Antakya in Turkey. Antakya was formerly Antioch.

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Shoes await their owners in the washing vestibule of a local mosque during Friday prayers in Tarsus, Turkey. With a history going back more 7,000 years Tarsus has long been an important stop for traders traveling to Asia and a focal point of many civilizations including the Ancient Romans.

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