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 ...

About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe are expected to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s ...

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh ...

Authorities in India say more than 20 million people are expected to take part in the first major bathing day at the Hindu ...

Millions of people are gathering in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh state to participate in the ...

India's Kumbh Mela began in Prayagraj, India, drawing millions to sacred rivers for the world’s largest festival.

India's Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, began Monday, January 13, as millions of Hindu devotees gathered along the Ganges River. The festival, held every 12 years, is one of ...

Asia river cruise specialist Pandaw has unveiled details of a new expedition cruise on the Hooghly River that connects ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, center, with cabinet ministers taking a bath at Sangam, the confluence of the ...

Hindu pilgrims stand in queue for free lunch at transit camp on way to Gangasagar, the confluence of River Ganges and Bay of Bengal, for holy dip on the occasion ...