The Ganges River, revered as the goddess Ganga, is central to Hindu culture for its purification powers. It supports millions ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sue Perkins undertakes an epic, personal journey to the source of India's Ganges river in the Himalayas, meeting hermits and holy men to understand the sacred nature of this river.

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 ...

A boatman in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state is being praised after he rescued a baby girl found floating in a wooden box in the Ganges river. Gullu Chaudhary said he was alerted by the cries ...