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 ...

Mixing Alakananda into itself at the multihued confluence of Devprayag, the river cleaves the Himalayan mountains ... is impounded behind dams. The Ganga's holy water is to be had in bottles ...

Lucknow: Taking another step towards protecting the Ganga river, the Uttar Pradesh ... activity to be permitted along the banks of the holy river. The byelaws would, however, allow repair ...

Bhagalpur: Come July, over a decade-long wait of the residents of Bhagalpur city to get potable water from holy river Ganga to their households is likely to get over. Bhagalpur district magistrate ...

In Sector 52, a tanker full of Ganga water arrived at the community hall. Long queues of locals was seen waiting to receive the holy water. One Noida resident expressed gratitude, saying ...

Amritsar/Haridwar: Devotees thronged sacred sites across India on Sunday to mark the festival of Baisakhi, taking holy dips and participating ... taking a dip in the Ganga river in Haridwar ...

In Siddharth Kapila’s Tripping Down the Ganga: A Son’s Exploration of Faith, the river serves as both a ... modernisation on our rivers and mountains, this book also brings us face-to-face ...