India’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj, particularly during the Maha Kumbh Mela – a major religious ...

Millions of devotees gathered at Gangasagar in West Bengal on Makar Sankranti to take a holy dip in the Ganges River.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Naga Sadhus take a holy dip in the sacred waters of the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of three holy rivers on the first royal ...

Worshipped by a billion Hindus and a water source for 400 million, the government is battling to save “Mother Ganga”. A man brushes his teeth as he stands in the polluted water of Ganges river in ...

ALLAHABAD, India -- Among believers, the river has many names: The Pure. Destroyer of Sin. Light Amid the Darkness of Ignorance. But mostly they call it "Ganga Ma" -- Mother Ganges -- and they worship ...

Millions of devotees took a holy dip in the Ganges River at Gangasagar, on the auspicicous occasion of Makar Sankranti on Thursday. After bathing in the Ganges, the devotees offered prayers at the ...