I saw a great deal of cremation sites near the Ganges, but in their tradition bodies were simply burned on wood piles and the remains were dumped into the river. I also saw “sky burial,” where ...

india cremation stock illustrations Icon for funeral, burial, inhumation, cremation ... Burning ghat for cremation india cremation stock illustrations Laundry in holy river Ganges. The ancient Indian ...

Icon for funeral, burial, inhumation, cremation ... Burning ghat for cremation cremation india stock illustrations Laundry in holy river Ganges. The ancient Indian tradition - women and men the ...

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

DW follows one couple’s spiritual journey to wash away their sins in the Ganges River. Ramesh Chandra promised his wife, Manju, on their wedding day two decades ago that he would take her to ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das ...

Hindu devotees pray before taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj ...

The religious festival, called the Maha Kumbh Mela, happens every 12 years on the banks of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials this year expect up to ...

Kumbh Mela only happens once every 12 years, taking place at the meeting of three important rivers - the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. Hindus travel from all over the world to ...

Devotees take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati river As we've been reporting, at least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the Kumbh Mela festival ...

Both the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, originating from the Himalayas, drifted large amounts of sediments and contributed to the emergence of the Bengal Delta. These two rivers nurtured the delta ...

Photojournalist Ankit Srinivas brings you some sights from the festival: The devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and the mythical ...