where 25 million pilgrims come to bathe in the sacred river Ganges on a single night. While moving at high speed into the 3rd millennium, India alone, of all the civilizations on the face of the ...

India, with its diverse geography, boasts over 200 rivers that are lifelines for agriculture, livelihoods, and civilization.

For instance, the character of Eklavya from the Mahabharata was portrayed as a Dalit who subscribed to the principles of Righteousness (Dharma) and sacrificed his thumb in reverence to his guru ...

The river played a vital role in the ancient Indus Valley Civilization ... the northern regions of India. The Godavari, often hailed as the 'Dakshin Ganga' or the Ganges of the South, is the ...

July 2017 - Rice is one the most consumed foods on Earth, a staple in many countries around the world including India where 50% of its population depends on the grain for sustenance. While many people ...

The Water for Life Decade was started by the UN in 2005 in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of taking better ...

And Indian authors have become a ... The author compares the Ganges to the Nile, the lifeline of the Egyptian civilization, attributing the provenance and growth of these civilizations to these ...

Discover ancient civilizations with the oldest cities globally, from Damascus to Varanasi, showcasing millennia of human ...

Indian civilisation since time immemorial has revered rivers as sacred, viewing them not merely as natural features but as ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, archaeologists discovered traces of India's earliest civilization ... more fertile lands in the east around the Ganges and Jumna River. The Vedas (sacred knowledge ...