Rivers have always been more than just flowing water. They're lifelines, highways, and silent witnesses to humanity's ...

Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...

From cycling through forests and crossing the Ganges river to bypassing police barricades, a new documentary chronicles the ...

NPR correspondents are taking The Two-Way with them along the historic Grand Trunk Road that stretches from the Bay of Bengal in the east to the Hindu Kush mountains in the west, across the Indian ...

Explore Dev Diwali in Varanasi, honouring Lord Shiva's victory and the divine Ganga. A spiritual and visual spectacle.

ALLAHABAD, INDIA — Among believers, the river has many names: The Pure. Destroyer of Sin. Light Amid the Darkness of Ignorance. But mostly they call it “Ganga Ma” -- Mother Ganges -- and they worship ...

11 million expected to bathe in river 50%2C000 police deployed to keep order It%27s one of the world%27s largest religious gatherings ALLAHABAD, India (AP) — Millions of devout Hindus led by naked ...

According to the Vedic calendar, Hinduism calculates time based on the Samvat. There are a total of 12 full moons in a Samvat ...

The loudspeaker blares and more than 50 kayakers launch into the jade green River Ganges at once. This is the grand finale of the Ganga Kayak Festival. Known as the “mass boater cross,” the spectacle ...

DELHI -- On the banks of the Ganges River, a twisting line of flickering bonfires illuminated the sky. Clusters of people gathered at dusk around each fire -- some singing, some silent, some acting ...

There’s a dreamlike quality to Giulio Di Sturco’s photograph of Hindus preparing to bathe in the Ganges. Taken in soft morning light, the image shows devotees assembled by the river, their figures ...

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