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 ...

Hindu devotees gathered along the Ganges River for a ritual bathing and sun worship festival in India. Thousands of worshippers converged on Bodhgaya, Bihar, on October 27 to make offerings as part of ...

India’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj, particularly during the Maha Kumbh Mela – a major religious ...

Scott is a clinical associate professor of infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past ...

One of India’s most sacred rivers is covered in swathes of bright white toxic foam. That didn’t stop thousands of Hindus wading into the Yamuna, which runs through the capital New Delhi, to celebrate ...

The water quality of the Ganges River, known as the 'Sacred River' in India and where countless pilgrims immerse themselves, has been revealed to be in a serious condition. On the 23rd, India's Times ...