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of thousandsof Indians were mourning thedestruction wrought by the forcesof nature in Gujarat,millions ofother Indians were seeking religiouspurification near the city ofAllahabad in northeastern India.(See map on page 4.)The MahaKumbh Mela(Great Festival of thePitcher)near Allanabad,whichbegan on January 9,is held every12 years and is probably the largestreligious gathering on Earth.Indianofficials estimate that between 15million and 30 million people cameto the festival on one day—January  \nKunal's 18-year-old sister,Rachana,who was rescuedfrom the ruins several hoursafter the quake,found hertrapped brother four dayslater.\"Hold on,\"she called tohim.\"Help is coming.\"Kunal,a Hindu,prayed.  \nBut when rescuers amivedon the scene,they faced adilemma.If they removed thepillar that was crushingKunal's leg,tons of brokenconcrete would fall and kill  \nhim.They decided his leg would have to beamputated on the spot.But if the doctorsdidn't cut off the leg quickly,the boy wouldbleed to death.  \n24.That's more people than live inNew York City,Paris,and Londoncombined.This year's festival is aspecial one because of the unusualalignment of the sun,moon,andJupiter on January 24,which  \nTo ease Kunal's pain,a doctor gave him apainkiller.An Indian army surgeon,Lt.Col.Prem Singh Bhandari,crawled into the  \nlast occurred  \nwork space that rescuers haddug around the boy.The doctorlater described the space as“acave about 2 feet by 2/z feet.\"Bhandari asked for a largeknife,\"and in one go,\"the sur-geon said,\"I just cut the skinand all the soft tissues.\"Bhandari's only problem,hesaid,was cutting through thebone,since he didn't have  \nmore than 144  \nyears ago.  \n■The Maha  \nKumbh Mela  \nmarks a major  \npilgrimage of  \nHinduism,  \nIndia's main  \nreligion.  \nThe roots of  \nHinduism date  \nenough room to move his hands freely.Thesurgeon used a hammer and chisel to cutthrough about 70 percent of the bone andhad rescuers pull the boy up.Then Bhandariused a carpenter's saw to finish the job.Rescuers raced Kunal to a makeshift hospi-tal set up by the Red Cross,as the quakehad destroyed most local hospitals.  \nto prehistoric times in India.Hindus believe in many godsas manifestations of a single  \n■Pilgrims at the Maha KumbhMela believe that bathing in theplace near Allahabad where thesacred Ganges River meets theYamuna River will cleanse themof their sins.Hindus also believea mythical third river,the Saraswati,joins the other two rivers at theirjunction.After bathing in therivers,many pilgrims,such asthe sadhu(holy man)above,marktheir foreheads with paint as a signof purification.  \nKunal is thankful to be alive.\"I thought ofGod only.I kept my faith in God,\"saidKunal,while recovering in the hospital.  \n# Many Miseries\n\nAlthough there were several miraculousrescues like Kunal's,the quake claimed astaggering number of lives.The quake'sofficial death tollas of February 1,was  \n14,240,but many people fear the numberwill.climb much higher by the time all therubble and debris is cleared.At least  \n■The Maha Kumbh Mela has itsrootsin Hindu mythology,whichsays that one of four sacreddroplets of divine nectar ofimmortality landed on Earth nearAllahabad after being spilled froma giant pitcher(kumbh)in a strugglebetween demons and gods.■  \n61,638 people were reported injured.  \nThe quake,which according to the U.S.Geological Survey measured 7.7 in magni-tude,was felt throughout much of Pakistanand as far away as Nepal and Bangladesh.Magnitude indicates the overall power  \n●A survivor (lower left)walks among the rubble inKarabau,a village near the city of Bhuj and the epicenterof the earthquake that rocked India January 26.  \nreleased in an earthquake.Each number ona magnitude scale indicates a power tentimes stronger than the preceding number.Scientists consider earthquakes above magnitude 7.0 to be major earthquakes,capableof widespread damage.  \nThose who survived the quake face 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