This overbridge is located in Nashik, an ancient holy city in the northern region of the state of Maharashtra. Situated on the banks of river Godavari, Nashik is well known for being one of the major Hindu pilgrimage sites. Nashik hosts a large river-bank pilgrimage festival, ‘Kumbh Mela’ which is held every 12 years. This auspicious festival has held immense cultural and spiritual importance since ages, due to its special time and place, based on specific astrological phenomena in the ancient Hindu calendar. This festival is marked by the ritual dip or bath in the waters which is believed to wash one of all sins. The 350m long ‘Holy dip bridge’ symbolizes this sacred dip in the river that devotees perform with the hope of achieving ‘Moksha’ i.e. freedom from the cycle of birth and rebirth, which is the ultimate aim of mankind, in Indian philosophy.