The holy Ashtami Snan, a Hindu religious ritual, is being performed at Langalbandh in the holy waters of the Brahmaputra.

Langalbandh, a pilgrimage of the Hindu communities, is on the bank of Brahmaputra which sees hundreds of thousands of devotees throng the river bank every year with a belief that the dip would purify their sins.

This year’s bath started at 10:14am today and will end at 7:52am tomorrow.

The holy ritual is celebrated on the eighth day of the lunar month which falls in the Bengali month of Chaitra.

“We took the bath in peaceful manner this year as the water is clean and there is no water hyacinth,” said Rajib Saha who came from Bhanga area of Faridpur with six members of his family.

Read: The mythology of Langalbandh

Most of the devotees expressed their satisfaction regarding the overall management and security measures, reports our Narayanganj correspondent.

Saroj Kumar Saha, the president of the snan (bathing) celebration committee, said this year a number of devotees have come from India, Nepal and other countries to perform the yearly bathing ritual.

He also said that they are expecting an approximate of several lakhs of pilgrims would join the ablution ceremony.