Some stay only days, others wait decades, but the crowds of elderly Indian Hindu devotees are calm and confident that their ...

Some stay only days, others wait decades, but the crowds of elderly Indian Hindu devotees are calm and confident that their ...

Some stay only days, others wait decades, but the crowds of elderly Indian Hindu devotees are calm and confident that their ...

Funeral pyres are lit by the Ganges in Allahabad - bodies have been ... On Monday, at least 40 bodies were pulled from the river some 55km (34 miles) downstream from Gahmar. How the bodies got ...

Victims of coronavirus are cremated on the banks of the Ganges river in the northern state ... cremations and the rising costs associated with funerals were leaving some families with no option ...

Sue Perkins undertakes an epic, personal journey to the source of India's Ganges river in the Himalayas, meeting hermits and holy men to understand the sacred nature of this river.

Smouldering funeral pyres line the Ganges river in India's holy city of Varanasi, where thousands of Hindu faithful come each year to spend their final days. For all latest news, follow The Daily ...

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 ...

Many tour the Ganges River to witness the activities along ... slogans are now competing for space with temples, pilgrims and funeral pyres. The city is intense and in-your-face spiritual.

A study has found a major earthquake 2,500 years ago caused one of the largest rivers on Earth to suddenly change course. The high-magnitude earthquake completely rerouted the main channel of the ...

Some stay only days, others wait decades, but the crowds of elderly Indian Hindu devotees are calm and confident that their one-way pilgrimage to death will deliver everlasting peace. Smouldering ...

The Ganges river is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. A new study using geo-tagged bottles was able to show plastic can cross the Ganges, travel thousands of kilometres, and end up in ...