The Namami Gange Programme (NGP), launched in June 2014, is a flagship initiative by the Government of India to conserve and rejuvenate the Ganga River. Initially allocated Rs. 20,000 crore and later ...

Take the example of the recently concluded Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj. It was advertised as a big marketing opportunity with ...

The desire to wash off one’s sins at the once-in-144-year Maha Kumbh Mela—a disputed detail since other recent Kumbh Melas ...

The government also said it had provided a total of Rs 7,421 crore to the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for cleaning the river in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 (until March 9) In this ...

CPCB concluded that the Ganga's water quality was fit for bathing. However, the CPCB noted significant "variability in data" in water quality. A report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB ...

"People should break free from superstition...I wouldn't even touch the dirty water of the Ganga, where millions have bathed," he said. He added that he refused to drink water bought from the Maha ...

Around 450 million pilgrims (10 million a day) were predicted to visit the Kumbh tent city to bathe in the holy water of the River Ganga (Ganges ... sandy floodplain at Prayag-Sangam, near ...

Actor Anupam Kher offered prayers at Ganga Ghat ahead of his 70th birthday on Friday. He visited the ghat with his mother and brother. Listen to Story Anupam Kher visited Ganga ghat with family before ...

After their ritual bath in the Sangam waters, Bhawar Singh stated, “Maa Ganga is eternal ... Nothing can replace Prayag.” Even though Mahakumbh officially concluded with its sixth and final ...

The Prayag Maha Kumbh that concluded on February 26 saw the convergence of over 66 crore devotees from all over the world to take holy dips at the Triveni Sangam. The Rig Veda extols the greatness ...

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday set a Guinness World Record for the largest synchronized sweeping drive during Maha Kumbh 2025. Also Read: ‘People from every section of society united ...