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 ...

Two are cities in present-day northern India, Haridwar ... of oxygenation of the river water from algae and concentrations of the bacteriophage virus in the Ganga’s shallow pools, capable ...

The event - held once every 12 years - starts on Monday and over the next six weeks, the devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and ...

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 ...

Varanasi: The operation of boats and cruises in all categories in the river Ganga will now be regulated ... and Inland Waterways Authority of India. The same authority will also be responsible ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...