On the day of my departure from New Delhi, I am sick. A sudden shift in weather has hit me with a cold. My mood is rather somber as the packed flight takes off for the city of Prayagraj by the banks ...

India's mass bathing festival turned the water sour at the 'holy' river, as pollution and waste tainted the area during the ...

As per the latest recorded data on 4 February, faecal coliform levels in the Ganges surged after a major bathing event at the ...

Ganga is considered sacred by many but high level of faecal coliform bacteria has raised concerns amid Maha Kumbh Melain ...

This display of Indian women’s most idiosyncratic garment — known as the sari — is, however, seen mostly when it is sun-dried ...

For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India's millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual ...

"It is because of us that devotees can visit the holy site and take a dip in the river," he said with pride. Normally, the boatmen take pilgrims to the heart of the confluence of the Ganges and ...

Among the Maha Kumbh Mela’s main attractions are the Sadhus – holy men revered for their spiritual virtue and renunciation of worldly pleasure. Adil Bhat India correspondent with a special ...

According to beliefs, a bath at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati rivers ... so the authorities erected a temporary city on the river banks – made up of more than 160,000 ...

“My wife, aunt, and children ... in the river. Wednesday was a sacred day in the six-week Hindu festival, and authorities expected a record 100 million devotees to engage in a ritual bath ...