High levels of faecal bacteria found in river Ganges as millions take Kumbh dip - Pollution concerns rise as millions take ...

At least 15 people, including some children, have been killed in a stampede at a train station in New Delhi, according to ...

The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform ...

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

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 ...

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 at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...

“My wife, aunt, and children came ... to bathe 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 ...

Dozens killed in world’s biggest gathering as millions of Hindus go for dip in Ganges A woman is carried out from the site of a stampede at the Sangam, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, yesterday.

While the pH levels of the river met the primary water quality criteria for outdoor bathing, the BOD levels at both upstream and downstream failed to comply with the standards for outdoor bathing.

Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati ... arrive at the scene of a deadly stampede on a bridge across the Sindh ...