The Ganges River holds immense importance for both Bangladesh and India, providing water for agriculture, livelihoods, and ...

The History Lecture Series hosted their second installment of “River Histories” on Jan. 29 with a lecture presented by ...

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

Three years ago, when the National River Conservation Commission revealed a mind boggling number of 65,127 grabbers feasting ...

The Namami Gange pavilion at Mahakumbh 2025 has emerged as a key attraction, drawing thousands of pilgrims and visitors daily ...

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest ...

The event - held once every 12 years - starts on Monday and over the next six weeks, the devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and ...

Devotees take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati river As we've been reporting, at least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the Kumbh Mela festival ...

DW follows one couple’s spiritual journey to wash away their sins in the Ganges River. Ramesh Chandra promised his wife, Manju, on their wedding day two decades ago that he would take her to ...

“At the time her ashes were scattered over River Indus near Sukkur Barrage ... to be scattered over the Ganges. This time, he is going to India after almost nine years and the number of ...

A separate administrative district has been set up just for the event, with a sea of 160,000 tents erected along the banks of the Ganges river for devotees to live in. Hindu devotees leave after ...