The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...
Varanasi, with its rich heritage and serene rivers like the Ganges, Varuna, and Nand, offers spiritual solace, cultural ...
Sue Perkins undertakes an epic, personal journey to the source of India's Ganges river in the Himalayas, meeting hermits and holy men to understand the sacred nature of this river.
About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe are expected to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s ...
The naga sadhus—the iconic naked holy men of the Kumbh Mela—parade en masse to bathe in the waters of the Ganges River, followed by the millions of pilgrims who have also come to partake in ...
India's Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, began Monday, January 13, as millions of Hindu devotees gathered along the Ganges River. The festival, held every 12 years, is one of ...
The Uttar Pradesh government is yet to make a statement on the NGT's latest ban on waste dumping by the Ganges. The river is sacred to Hindus who worship it as "Mother Ganges", but it has also ...
NEW DELHI: In a first-ever such move of satellite tagging of any species in India, scientists of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on Wednesday tagged a male Ganges River Dolphin and released ...
Funeral pyres are lit by the Ganges in Allahabad - bodies have been ... On Monday, at least 40 bodies were pulled from the river some 55km (34 miles) downstream from Gahmar. How the bodies got ...
Workers prepare to join a section of a pontoon bridge over the Ganges river in preparation for the fesitval.(AP: Rajesh Kumar Singh) Planning for such an incredible number of pilgrims can be a ...