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 ...

Ancient Egyptians even regarded the Nile as a god, believing it to be the giver of life. Ganges River, India The Ganges holds both spiritual and cultural significance for millions of people in ...

According to tradition that reaches back to the foundations of Hinduism, a ritual dip in the Ganges ... valley, and how the empire and its Hindu Rajput nobility became some of the greatest patrons of ...

The alleged attack happened near the Ganges - a holy site for Hindus (file photo) Two men have been arrested in Patna, in north-east India, after a video allegedly showing a woman being raped next ...

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh ...

Although preceded by two Guptan rulers, Chandragupta I (reign 320-335 CE) is credited with establishing the Gupta Empire in the Ganges River valley in ... the Golden Age of India for its advances ...

India's Maha Kumbh Mela religious festival. DW follows one couple’s spiritual journey to wash away their sins in the Ganges River. Ramesh Chandra promised his wife, Manju, on their wedding day ...

(AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Devotees arrive for taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in ...