When Sharda Devi realized she only had a few days left to live, it didn't go down particularly well. Her son Mukesh Tiwari ...

Whether it's digging up the dead in Madagascar or a striptease in Taiwan, different cultures have unique rituals to mark a ...

A dead person must therefore be cremated as soon as possible, because only then can their soul free itself from the body and move on. In India, the River Ganges plays a special role in this.

The nearest town is about six miles away, but there are plenty of cranes and aquatic birds in the river to keep you company and hikes to move your body whenever you can pick yourself up off the ...

This encounter led to an impromptu marriage at a temple along the Ganges ... be dead, filed a murder complaint against her first husband, Deepak, and other family members. On October 31, 2020, police ...

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 ...

Just imagine you are swimming in the Ganges River, enjoying the cold sacred water that washes away your worries and cleanses your soul. But suddenly, your feet touch something mobile inside the water.

A California Department of Fish and Wildlife official, conducting a routine water survey in the Sacramento River, found a ...

Thames Valley Police recovered the body from the River Cherwell today (Sunday, October 20). Officers believe the body to be that of 67-year-old missing woman Zhihui who the police have published a ...