If you live a life of character, integrity, honesty and steadily work on bringing your senses and mind under your control, the Ganga, the spiritual river, will flow outwards from within you (that's the significance of Ganga flowing out from Lord Shiva's head) and will purify you and uplift those around you spiritually.
The Kumbh mela historically has been a spiritual conference that brought together people making a spiritual effort once every twelve years to discuss and share their realisations, discoveries, efforts and practices. And during the conference everyone took a dip in the Ganges every morning to affirm their commitment and start the day. Our immense spiritual literature, the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Six Darshanas, is a testament to this culture and effort.
It has never been about just going to take a dip in the river to wash away your sins vagairah vagairah. If you're living a sinful life and believe that just taking a dip in the Ganges and paying some pandas and pujaris will save you, then you are not just sinful, you are also stupid.
The only way, absolutely the only way, to save yourself and progress spiritually is to change yourself.
There is no other way.
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