The River Ganges (or Ganga) flows from the Himalayas all the way to the Bay of Bengal, through some of Asia’s most densely-populated regions. Its river basin is more than 1 million sq km, and home to ...

Could making the Ganges a 'person' save India's holiest river? India's dying mother NZ river first in the world to be given legal human status BBC South Asia Editor Jill McGivering says they are ...

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 ...

The River Ganges (or Ganga) flows from the Himalayas all the way to the Bay of Bengal, through some of Asia’s most densely-populated regions. Its river basin is more than 1 million sq km, and home to ...

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.