Following the deaths of 10 people at the Ganges River in 2015, organizers of the Kumbh Mela festival imposed a selfie ban to prevent future stampedes during the ritual bathing. A survey of ...

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 ...

Varanasi, an old city located on ganges river bee flocks of traditions & spirituality. Renowned as Kashi or Banaras, It performs seven festivals with great dedication that reflects the ancient ...

In a move symbolizing deep cultural bonds, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mixed waters from India's sacred Ganges with Mauritius' Ganga Talao, emphasizing shared spiritual heritage. This act, amid new ...

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 Kumbh Mela festival wraps up Wednesday, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending ... with Modi bathing in the spot where the waters of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet.

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.

After an intensive on-the-spot survey for two days of the current status of the flow in the Ganges river at Farakka in West Bengal, technical experts and senior officials of Bangladesh and India ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to play a crucial role in the efforts to renew the Ganges water-sharing treaty, even as she continues to oppose the Teesta River water ...