Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing in the sacred ...

Over the past two decades, holy men in India have gone on dozens of fasts demanding governments honour their promise to revive the polluted Ganges, a river revered by Hindus. The recent death of ...

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 ...

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 thousands ...

Rishikesh is a town in the lower regions of the Himalayas, on the banks of the holy river Ganges, which is famous not only for its holiness but also for its vibrant handicraft and artisan markets. The ...

Haridwar stands as a prominent holy city in Uttarakhand, nestled by the banks of the sacred Ganges River. Its deep-rooted ...

One of India’s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna in New Delhi, is covered with white toxic foam, with vast sections frothing as ...

"Toxi-city," broadcasters dubbed the capital. City authorities have declared repeated efforts to clean the river. From an icy ...

City authorities have declared repeated efforts to clean the river. From an icy source of a Himalayan glacier, the Yamuna feeds into the mighty Ganges, flowing more than 3,100 kilometres (1,925 ...