Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, as the world’s largest religious gathering wrapped up Wednesday in India’s ...

In just three months, a functioning city that can cater for 10 million pilgrims a day springs up and then disappears a few ...

NEW DELHI — As millions of Indians flock to the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, one needs to look at how the Ganga and Yamuna rivers are doing. Can the river ecosystem take the shock of about 40 ...

I’m normally great on travel prep. My train ticket had been booked months in advance.  Accommodation?  Had that sorted well ...

A platform made of sandbags stretches along the Ganges riverbank for devotees ... joining the festival was not just about the dip in the river but a once-in-a-lifetime experience that offered ...

Varanasi, an old city located on ganges river bee flocks of traditions & spirituality. Renowned as Kashi or Banaras, It ...

will stream into the river Ganges next week for the world's biggest festival. The Kumbh Mela in northern India, starting Monday and stretching over 55 days, attracts ash-covered holy men who run ...

While the authorities race to keep the festival going safely, he must navigate his own feelings towards the tragedy and assess whether to make it to the river ... Goes to the Ganges (w/t) will ...

India’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj ... regarded as one of the festival’s main rituals.

Every 12 years the festival carries the prefix “Maha ... Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made cleaning the Ganges, India’s holiest river, a priority since first taking office ...