Patna, the capital of Bihar, is one of the oldest cities in India with a history dating back to ancient empires. Situated along the Ganges River, it is known for landmarks like Golghar and the ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first ... "Kumbh Mela is part of our ancient tradition. It's one of Hinduism's most important ...

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 ... is part of our ancient tradition.

Here are some of the most remarkable ancient cities in Asia: Varanasi, India As one of the oldest ... Varanasi is nestled on the banks of the sacred Ganges River; its ghats, temples, and narrow ...

The country's government has announced that it is offering a whopping $1 million prize to anyone who can crack the mysterious ...

The world's largest religious gathering kicks off in India on Monday ... been installed along the river banks to track pollution in real-time, ensuring that the Ganges remains safe and clean ...

but a Maha Kumbh occurs every 12 years in Pragyaraj — a city in India's Uttar Pradesh state considered especially holy because the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet there. It is also the end point for the ...

is ubiquitous to the millions of Hindu pilgrims attending the Maha Kumbh festival in India's northern Prayagraj city, where faithful gather at the spot where the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...

Beyond the dense urbanism of Mumbai (Bombay) or the IT centers of Bangalore and Hyderabad lies the Ganges River basin - today home to over one-quarter of India's billion-plus population - a space ...

The Saraswati River is ... techniques to map what might be the ancient riverbed of the Saraswati, lying hidden under the desert sands or the barren plains of northwestern India.