Thousands of devotees flocked to the banks of the River Ganga on Thursday to partake in the sacred bathing ritual on Ganga ...

India is a land deeply woven with spirituality, where countless places echo with the presence of the divine. From ancient ...

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 ...

Home to history, culture and mysticism of Varanasi the spiritual capital of India. Famous for its ghats and temples in Ganga, ...

Every year hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees take a dip in the holy Ganges river at the Hindu ... with cascading effect on another important location close by — the Sundarbans — home ...

Shivpuri, located about 16km upstream from Rishikesh, is a popular adventure sports destination and camping site. White water rafting is a major attraction, with the rapids of the Ganges river ...

Manikarnika Ghat is a sacred cremation site located on the banks of the Ganges River in the holy city of Varanasi, India. The ghat is a popular and important Hindu pilgrimage site, where the ...

The dark ribbon curls down a dirt embankment and flows into the Ganges River. "That's toxic runoff," says Rakesh Jaiswal, a 48-year-old environmental activist, as he leads me along the refuse ...

Mahfuzur Rahman The vast Ganges-Brahmaputra river system is located close to an active plate boundary and is a tectonically active region. "This proximity brings frequent major earthquakes," said ...

Now, for the first time, scientists have evidence that earthquakes can reroute rivers: It happened to the Ganges River 2,500 years ago. The Ganges snakes its way from the Himalaya Mountains ...

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 ...