The Ganges begins at the Gaumukh Glacier, located 18 kilometres from Gangotri. The route is comprised of a rocky but well-trodden path that traces the river directly to its source. It is possible ...

The naga sadhus—the iconic naked holy men of the Kumbh Mela—parade en masse to bathe in the waters of the Ganges River, followed by the millions of pilgrims who have also come to partake in ...

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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 ...

Sue Perkins undertakes an epic, personal journey to the source of India's Ganges river in the Himalayas, meeting hermits and holy men to understand the sacred nature of this river.

The two women, mother and daughter, were identified as Falguni Ghosh and Aarati Ghosh Kolkata: Two women were arrested on the banks of the Ganges in ... of a woman in the river.

After an intensive on-the-spot survey for two days of the current status of the flow in the Ganges river at Farakka in West Bengal, technical experts and senior officials of Bangladesh and India ...

The conservation of the Gangetic dolphin is not just about protecting a single species; it is intrinsically linked to keeping the Ganga clean ...