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 ...

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

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 ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, one of Hinduism's most sacred events, is set to commence on January 13, 2025, in India. Millions of devotees will gather to parta ...

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 ...

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 ...

About 400 million people, more than the population of the United States, are expected to participate in the festival between ...

More than 400 million people are expected to flock to the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh during a festival called the ...

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.

They make it to the Ganges, the holy river believed to be originating from ... a dip in its brownish waters at all times of day. Bathing in the Ganges is thought to cleanse and purify the ...

New Delhi (AFP) – Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing in the sacred but sewage-filled Yamuna river, a grim display of ...

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 ...