THE UTTARAKHAND flood tragedy has taken the lives and livelihoods of tens of thousands of people, even as a debate rages on — is Ma Ganga’s ‘fury’ natural or aggravated by human intervention? SADHVI ...

Ahead of filing his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his relationship with the place was "inseparable and incomparable". The PM, who is ...

PM Modi invoked on Friday the religious sanctity of the Ganga as an assurance of the success of the mission to evacuate stranded Indians from war-torn Ukraine. The PM said India was making every ...

Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi has vowed to clean the country's sacred river Ganga, which he referred to as 'Ma Ganga' during his visit to Varanasi on Saturday noon. However, the big question ...

On the eve of World Rivers Day, RAJIV RANJAN MISHRA makes a plea to revive and conserve the sanctity of the River Ganga Rivers are not just a source of water; they are deeply interwoven with our ...

On May 8, after being denied permission by the Varanasi district administration to perform Ganga Aarti, Narendra Modi tweeted: "My profound apologies to Ganga Maa for not being able to perform Aarti ...

The Ma Ganga Maha Aarti Mahotsav was organised under the aegis of Akhil Bhartiya Dandi Swami Samaj on the banks of the holy river by Swami Vimal Devabhamji Maharaj on Friday. ALLAHABAD: The Ma Ganga ...

The Ganges River, often called 'Ma Ganga,' by devout Hindus holds profound significance in Hindu culture, believed to have divine origins according to sacred texts. However, despite its revered status ...

One of the few foreigners to stay back in Rishikesh during the lockdown, the author notices that the Ganga is cleaner and purer than it has been in a long time. The impeded stream is the one that ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a dreamlike landscape, hues of pink and brown seamlessly roll into one another, while the river Meghna, a ...