DUA: Where does the river end? MAP SELLER: Huh? DUA: Where does the river end? The Ganges. MAP SELLER: It’s in the Bay of Bengal. NARRATOR: The Ganges begins its two and half thousand kilometre ...

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 ...

The Ganges River is India’s holiest river and worshipped as a goddess in Hinduism. Pilgrims gather for purification rituals, and it supports both agriculture and wildlife. Tap to read more.

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 ...

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 ...

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 women-only river cruise leans into luxeWomen-only travel groups are proliferating, and the recently announced river cruise from Uniworld caught my attention. Gen Z is at the forefront of the all ...

Climate change not only leads to rising sea levels, but also puts our rivers to the test. Researchers of Wageningen ...

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 ...

The Ganges (Ganga) is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. It begins at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers at Devprayag in Uttarakhand.