Reuters and local media reported witnesses seeing several dead bodies near the river bank, and photos from ... and take a holy dip in the sacred waters in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh ...

This sacred stroke, called tilak, is ubiquitous to the millions of Hindu pilgrims attending the Maha Kumbh festival in India's northern ... pilgrims waded in the river, splashing the murky water ...

LUCKNOW, Feb 14 (Reuters) - More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part of the Hindu Maha Kumbh festival ...

Several high-level meetings have also taken place, but China's approval in December of a hydropower dam in Tibet, in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo river, raised eyebrows in India.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern ... of Mother Ganga has brought immense peace and contentment to my heart.