Dumping garbage on the banks of the river also risks attracting a fine of several hundred euros. This should help reduce the roughly three million tons of plastic that end up in the Ganges each year .

Guru Ravidass, one of the most famous so-called untouchable sages of the 15th-16th century, articulated an alternative genre ...

They are mostly elderly pilgrims who undertake what is called Kalpwas - a month-long stay on the banks of the sacred Ganges river. They believe this will bring them closer to God and to salvation.

The History Lecture Series hosted their second installment of “River Histories” on Jan. 29 with a lecture presented by ...

At the 2001 Purna Kumbh Mela, 70 million people visited the banks of the ... The flow of the Ganges symbolizes amrita, and celebrations take place around the river. The main event of the festival ...

Yoga is an intrinsic part of Hinduism and the Ganges is the religion’s sacred river. The holy city of Rishikesh, set on its banks in the Himalayan foothills, has been a place of pilgrimage for ...

As pilgrims rushed to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, which Hindus consider sacred, thousands of people who were lying or sitting on the river banks were trampled ... star Hema Malini ...

Rishikesh, located on the banks of the holy Ganges River, is a testament to India's ... Shankaracharya Adi Guru constructed this temple around the 12th century which is dedicated to lord Vishnu ...