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 ...

Explore India's rivers and their hidden dangers! From bull sharks to saltwater crocodiles, understand these creatures to ...

Polluted with waste, the Ganges River is being cleaned by a billion-dollar programme – but are the efforts to clean it ...

The first-ever all-women rafting expedition along the length of the Ganges has set sail at uniting women empowerment and environmental preservation.

Toxic foam is covering India's Yamuna River, a main tributary to the Ganges River and considered sacred to Hindus, leading an ...

A video showing Chhath devotees immersing themselves in the Yamuna for their ritual bath and washing their hair with the ...

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.

Hindu devotees bathe along the banks of river Ganges and carry the holy water to their homes as offerings on the first day of ...

Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing in the sacred ...

Uttar Pradesh [India], October 16 (ANI): US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti recently visited Varanasi, exploring its ghats and temples, and witnessed the Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat.

The Tibetan Plateau, often referred to as the “Water Tower of Asia”, is crucial to the hydrological cycle, feeding major Asian rivers such as the Yangtze, Yellow River, Indus, and Ganges.