By 6:30 a.m., six bodies were burning on high beds of logs on the bank of the Ganges River, fires crackling, ashes flying. Families gathered around the burning pyres. When the fires died, workers t… ...

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appeared at Day 5 of Shri Ram Katha, the nine-day ceremony in which a religious leader recites ...

An Indian Hindu drinks water as he prays at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the royal bath on Makar Sankranti at the start of the Maha Kumbh Mela ...

Hindus believe that bathing at Sangam, the confluence of three holy rivers - Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati - can wash away their sins. Pitcher battle. Water from canals and dams upstream ...

The race to save the river Ganges. Worshipped by a billion Hindus and a water source for 400 million, the government is battling to save “Mother Ganga”.

Witness the breathtaking beauty of the Ganges River from above, as this drone footage captures the sacred waters flowing through India. The Ganges holds profound religious significance for ...

The Ganges is one of the most densely populated river basins in the world, providing water for an estimated 600 million people. But to Hindus, it is more than a waterway: It is Ma Ganga, the ...

VARANASI, India — Hindu priests stand on the banks of the Ganges, performing an evening prayer to the river. They wave fire as the sun sets, ring bells and tap on drums.

VARANASI, India — Hindu priests stand on the banks of the Ganges, performing an evening prayer to the river. They wave fire as the sun sets, ring bells and tap on drums.

Early in 2007 the Ganges' worsening state made headlines around the world when Hindu holy men, known as sadhus, organized a mass protest against river filth during the Kumbh Mela festival.