From 2023 onwards, St Brigid will be remembered by more than just Holy Water in a plastic bottle and a simple woven rush cross. This new public holiday, which will this year be on 6th February, will b... © Celia Bartlett/shotbywomen

The tradition of a newly made St Brigid's Cross, and a bottle of Holy Water, with the modern spin of a pre-used plastic bottle. Credit: Celia Bartlett / shotbywomen © Celia Bartlett/shotbywomen

Inside the Church of St Bridget in Union Hall, bottles of Holy Water from St Brigid's Well sit at the other end of the altar rail. Credit: Celia Bartlett / shotbywomen © Celia Bartlett/shotbywomen

Landscape view of Holy Trinity church in Bosham village over the Chichester Harbour, West Sussex © Tiara Anggamulia/shotbywomen

A Hindu pilgrim prays at the side of the river Shipra, Ujjain India during the Kumbh Mela 2016. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgr... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

Women and children bathe and splash in the river Shipra which is at the source of the Ganges. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrim... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Sadhu washes himself with a bucket of water in the street. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a day from all corners of India... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

Naga babas (naked) Sadhus wash themselves during the sacred ritual of bathing in the holy waters of the river Shipra, Ujjain India during the Kumbh Mela 2016. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual g... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Naga Baba (naked) Sadhu, takes his robes off and joins the sacred ritual of bathing in the holy waters of the river Shipra, Ujjain India during the Kumbh Mela 2016. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spi... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Naga Baba Sadhu drinks Chai in his camp, after the sacred ritual of bathing in the holy waters of the river Shipra, Ujjain India during the Kumbh Mela 2016. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual g... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen