called the Shahi Snan - or the royal bath - will see the ascetics arrive in batches at the Sangam - the confluence of India's ...

Ganga Saptami, an auspicious Hindu festival, will be celebrated on May 3 this year. The day marks a sacred opportunity for ...

Watch how pilgrims find solitude during the ritual bathing in the Ganges River. "Even though there's millions of people around here, I feel at one with myself." ...

"The Ganges is above all the river of India, which has held ... each year to a three-mile long curve of temples, shrines and bathing ghats (steps leading down to the river) along its banks.

The most famous bathing ceremony is the Kumbh Mela. It takes place in Indiai n the River Ganges. Up to 40 million people come to be purified in the water - that's five times the people living in ...