Winter weather took hold across the Indo-Gangetic Plain in early January 2026, bringing dense fog and cold temperatures to ...

Yet, in the high-stakes geopolitical landscape of South Asia, our rivers are increasingly being reconfigured from lifelines ...

More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of India's holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city. Today, little of the ancient construction remains, ...

Attracting thrill seekers: Whilst the Ganges is well known as India's holiest river, Singh Rana hopes to attract thrill seekers to Uttarakhand, as well as travelers interested in culture and heritage.

Worshipped by a billion Hindus and a water source for 400 million, the government is battling to save “Mother Ganga”. A man brushes his teeth as he stands in the polluted water of Ganges river in ...

Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...

Indian authorities have put nets up over the Ganges River after bodies of more than 100 COVID-19 victims have washed up — with a viral video seemingly showing ambulance workers dumping some of the ...

The loudspeaker blares and more than 50 kayakers launch into the jade green River Ganges at once. This is the grand finale of the Ganga Kayak Festival. Known as the “mass boater cross,” the spectacle ...

11 million expected to bathe in river 50%2C000 police deployed to keep order It%27s one of the world%27s largest religious gatherings ALLAHABAD, India (AP) — Millions of devout Hindus led by naked ...

ROUND AND round the baggage carousel at London’s Heathrow airport goes a battered cardboard box waiting to be claimed by its owner, a passenger from Delhi: “PLEASE KEEP THIS SIDE UP! GANGA JAL—HOLLY ...

Hundreds of thousands of Hindu worshippers flocked to the banks of the Ganges in India’s West Bengal state Friday, braving a surge in Covid-19 infections to bathe in the waters of the holy river. The ...