In the heart of India lies a city where life and death dance side by side, where the sacred Ganges River whispers ancient ...

“The Kumbh Mela is a living connection to ancient mythology. For a few days it becomes the most populous city in the world where people gather and wade into the Ganges River to be cleansed of their ...

Three years ago, when the National River Conservation Commission revealed a mind boggling number of 65,127 grabbers feasting ...

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 ...

The Ganges River holds immense importance for both Bangladesh and India, providing water for agriculture, livelihoods, and ...

The History Lecture Series hosted their second installment of “River Histories” on Jan. 29 with a lecture presented by ...

Kedarnath is a sacred site for Hindus as it is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is believed that visiting here helps one attain ...

A deadly stampede on Wednesday hit India's Kumbh Mela, a vast Hindu festival held by the banks of the Ganges river that 400 million ... in the Rig Veda, an ancient sacred canonical Hindu text.

From lazy strolls through ancient alleys to sacred rituals along the Ganges, Varanasi in winter promises memories of a ...

The world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, turned deadly Wednesday, with officials ...