They embraced ‘river religion’ as the way ... and other religions’ rooted in the Bengal Delta, flowed from the banks of the Indus to the Ganges. On Manpura Island, a group of fisherfolk ...

West Bengal, India - January 13, 2025 A Royal Bengal tiger was successfully rescued and released into the jungle by the forest department after a health check-up. This operation took place in northern ...

A stampede injured dozens of people early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at ...

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India early ...

The gravity of pollution caused by plastics is more than meets the eye. Wild animals often end up eating these plastics, Prof Abdullah Harun Chowdhury says ...

Its position in the low-lying Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta makes it exceptionally susceptible to a confluence of climate-induced disasters: Rising sea levels, intensified flooding (exacerbated by ...

Devotees perform the Ganga Aarti during the Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj.

Before your head starts spinning at this astronomical figure – nearly half of all Hindus in India going through the ritual of a holy bath in the Ganges ... (baths in the river) – Paush ...

Sixteenth day ceremonies as well as anniversary rites for the dead are done on the bank of the Cauvery river in the town. There are over 50 Brahmin families which live on the income of performing the ...

This 'Global Village' draws attention from a wide spectrum of humanity. It is a living testament to Hinduism's timeless ...

Two tunnels were completed in the summer of 2021, including the 2190m-long Number 8 tunnel in the West Bandung Regency’s Cikalong, West Java province, and the 1230m-long Number 10 in West Bandung ...