Pilgrims come from across India and around the world to bathe in the water where the two sacred rivers meet. Such mass ...

It was a few weeks back in Varanasi when I came across Mr S Kumar and a group of his friends taking their daily bathe in the Ganges River. When I suggested that the river might be horribly polluted, ...

In the northern Indian town, Haridwar, millions of Hindu devotees have taken a ritual bath in the Ganges River on the last of four auspicious days during a three-month religious festival. The festival ...

ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - Nearly half a million Hindus braved near-freezing temperatures to wash away their sins in the icy waters of the Ganges river in northern India on Wednesday, the first day ...

Dehradun, Jul 17 (PTI) A boy from Haryana went missing after being swept away by the strong current while bathing in the Ganges river in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, on Friday. According to the State ...

Indian Freedom Fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak bathes in the river Ganges. One of the first moving images captured in India. The beginning of Indian documentary filmmaking.

To a lesser extent, Buddhism and Jainism. The Pew Research Center found that some Muslims and Christians also believe its waters have healing properties--though this view would be rare and not ...