A devotee from Australia who took a holy dip at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj on the occasion of Magh Purnima 'snan' at the ...

A couple of decades ago, the river lapped at those palms. Today, the waterline is about half a kilometer away. It's our first visual marker of the extent to which flows in the Ganga have been ...

More than 2 crore people took holy 'snan' in Ganga on the occasion of 'Maghi Purnima' during the ongoing Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, according to Uttar Pradesh Information Department. Since the beginning ...

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 ...

Called the world’s largest religious gathering, the event has already drawn 148 million people. Attendance is expected to exceed 400 million by the time it ends on Feb. 26, and surging crowds have ...

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 ...

Addition of fresh water into the Ganga at different places has been planned particularly from the Narora Dam, in Bulandshahr district. Over 6,000 cusecs of water are being released into the river ...

In a first, India has tagged a healthy male Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in Assam, which will help chalk out a long-term conservation plan for the endangered species ...