The Ganga River basin has an estimated population of 3,936 Gangetic dolphins (with a standard error of 763), an endangered species, while 2,510 dolphins were sighted ...

For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath—offers a spiritual journey through the Himalayan foothills, with divine temples ...

By Umme Sayeda Rivers, as Bengal’s nurturing mother, shaped the soul of this land and cultural landscape. The ever-flowing ...

Three people were killed and four others went missing after a boat capsized in the Ganga in Bihar's Katihar district on Sunday.

Culturally, this species is often associated with the Ganga River and is occasionally depicted as the vahana (vehicle) of Goddess Ganga. 1. Both the Indus and Ganges dolphins have been listed as ...

"And those who have faith, Ganga maiyya [the river goddess] will bless them with whatever they want, whatever they need," he adds. Besides the saints and ascetics, Tuesday's bathing will also see ...

This year’s Maha Kumbh Mela is particularly significant. The alignment of stars and planets is said to be the same as when drops of celestial nectar fell on the earth.