Called the world’s largest religious gathering, the event has already drawn 148 million people. Attendance is expected to exceed 400 million by the time it ends on Feb. 26, and surging crowds have ...

India's Maha Kumbh Mela religious festival. DW follows one couple’s spiritual journey to wash away their sins in the Ganges River. Ramesh Chandra promised his wife, Manju, on their wedding day ...

Goddess Ganga is also named as ‘Jahnavi’ for being the daughter of Rishi Jahnu. River Ganga is held very sacred in India. The celebrations of Ganga saptami is well-known in places where Ganga and its ...

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 and the mythical Saraswati, on Vasant Panchami during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, India, ...

A 20-year-old engineering student drowned while bathing in the Ganga river in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh on Sunday, officials said. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) officials said the body of ...

Assam, India - December 18, 2024 A significant milestone in conservation as a 40-member team, assisted by trained fishermen and veterinarians, captures a healthy male Ganges river dolphin and ...

NARRATOR: The team are in Patna, north-east India. Before starting their investigation they want to find out more about the river, known locally as The Ganga. DUA: Can we see the whole map of India?

A trip to Rishikesh in northern India changed all that. Practising sun salutations on a private beach, lulled by the hypnotic, rolling waters of the River Ganges, my chattering mind quietened for ...

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 ...