Asked what they would do if the visas don’t come at all, Suresh said that then they also have the option of immersing the ashes in the River Indus ... over the Ganges. This time, he is ...

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 ...

Watch: Millions take a holy dip on day two of India's Mahakumbh Mela Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

The event - held once every 12 years - starts on Monday and over the next six weeks, the devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and ...

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 ...

The History Lecture Series hosted their second installment of “River Histories” on Jan. 29 with a lecture presented by ...

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 ...

In a first for India, a Ganges River Dolphin has been geotagged in Assam, the environment ministry said on Wednesday. The news was shared by Union minister of environment, forest and climate ...