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An Indian boy searches for coins and gold in the polluted waters of the Ganga river at Sangam after the Kumbh Mela festival, in Allahabad on April 2, 2013. Sanjay Kanojia/AFP via Getty Images
PATNA, India—Dozens of children drowned while bathing in rivers and ponds in rituals that were part of a three-day Hindu festival in eastern India’s Bihar state, officials said.
Heavy monsoon rains recently had raised the levels of waterways across the state.
