Nestled along the banks of the sacred Ganges in Uttarakhand, Haridwar is a cherished pilgrimage site in India. Renowned for ...
NARRATOR: The Ganges begins its two and half thousand kilometre journey in the Himalayas, travelling rapidly down the mountains to the flat plains of India. It’s one of the world’s biggest ...
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 pilgrimage site in India attracts tourists from around the world – and many Hindus seeking salvation. Some of them want ...
The Ganges (Ganga) is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. It begins at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers at Devprayag in Uttarakhand.
Devi wanted to die on her own terms, namely in the most important Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi in northern India where Hindus have gone to be cremated next to the holy river Ganges for ...
India's revered Ganges and Yamuna rivers cannot be viewed as living entities, the Supreme Court has ruled. It overruled an order made in March by the High Court in Uttarakhand state, which said ...
India's top wrestlers have postponed plans to throw their medals into the Ganges, the country's holiest river, as part of their ongoing protest. They were due to throw the medals in the river on ...
The maximum distance tracked was 2,845 kilometres in 94 days. As India struggles to clean up the Ganges river, researchers hope that their ‘message in a bottle’ approach will help shed light ...
An Indian magician who entered the Ganges river on Sunday tied up with steel chains and rope is missing, police said. Chanchal Lahiri, known by his stage name “Jadugar Mandrake” (Wizard ...
The Ganges River, often referred to as the "Mother Ganges," holds a profound significance in Hinduism and Indian culture. Revered as a goddess of forgiveness and purification, the Ganges is ...