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BBC presenter 'wades through rivers of people' as 30 die in tragedy
BBC star faces life or death dilemma as disaster hits and 30 die while he films emotional journey in India to explore grief and spiritualism
The broadcaster, 41, journeyed to the world's largest religious festival to explore his Indian and Hindu heritage and grieve for his beloved father, P Varadarajan, who died three years ago from pneumonia. Bathing in the holy rivers at the Kumbh Mela is believed to absolve sins and release souls from the cycle of rebirth, bringing them closer to moksha, or spiritual liberation. “I don’t know whether my dad would have fully believed the deep Hindu belief, which is that you can, by bathing in those cosmic waters at that special auspicious time, emancipate yourself from the endless cycle of death, birth and rebirth, but a little part of him would have liked it.
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