The alleged attack happened near the Ganges - a holy site ... had been bathing on Sunday morning. In the video, she can be heard asking the men to consider the "sanctity" of the river, revered ...

Over the past two decades, holy men in India ... Hindus revere the river as a god, and believe that bathing in her waters can wash away a person's sins. But the Ganges has been choked by more ...

Bathing in the Ganges is thought to cleanse ... this sacred place has drawn Hindus who wish to be cremated next to the holy river Ganges. Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa A man watches as corpses are ...

Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing ... river. From an icy source of a Himalayan glacier, the Yamuna feeds into the mighty ...

They make it to the Ganges, the holy river believed to be originating from ... a dip in its brownish waters at all times of ...

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 pilgrimage site in India attracts tourists from around the world – and many Hindus seeking salvation. Some of them want ...

We used to say that if you take a bath in this river … all bad things ... NARRATOR: Indians believe the Ganges is sacred and regard its water as holy. But it’s also essential for daily life.

The naga sadhus—the iconic naked holy men of the Kumbh Mela—parade ... Watch how pilgrims find solitude during the ritual bathing in the Ganges River. "Even though there's millions of people ...