The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state has rejected a government report that found high levels of contamination in ...

As per the latest recorded data on 4 February, faecal coliform levels in the Ganges surged after a major bathing event at the ...

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of water in a clockwise swirl. Others surround him, with some holding the ...

Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...

The largest religious gathering in the world is taking place in India from Jan. 13 to Feb. 26. It is a significant test for ...

Between 90 to 100 million pilgrims had congregated to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at a festival in northern India.

This is the reason followers of Hinduism - no matter where they live - bring the ashes of their cremated dead to India to immerse them in the Ganges. But it's not easy for the Hindu community of ...

Hindu devotees have sacred marks reading 'Radhe' on their foreheads at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj ...

Normally, the boatmen take pilgrims to the heart of the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, where Hindus believe the ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...