Some are sannyasi, wandering beggars who have abandoned their homes and walked from as far as Chennai (Madras) to stand on the Ghats and pray, to bathe and drink the waters of the holy river, or just to sit and meditate on this supreme moment of their religious lives.
Sannyasi are wealthy men who travel to this holy site once a year.
mnli hypothesis: Sannyasi are wealthy men who travel to this holy site once a year. premise: Some are sannyasi, wandering beggars who have abandoned their homes and walked from as far as Chennai (Madras) to stand on the Ghats and pray, to bathe and drink the waters of the holy river, or just to sit and meditate on this supreme moment of their religious lives.