Environmental authorities in India have raised concerns about high levels of faecal bacteria found in the Ganges river at ...

Nearly one-third of India's 1.4 billion plus population descended on the Maha Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu gathering held in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The number of people attending ...

The Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, attracting hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers. Here's how ...

"The reasons for increased faecal coliform can be several, such as sewage leakage and animal waste, but the amount of faecal coliform in Prayagraj is as per the standards," he added. He accused the ...

High levels of faecal bacteria found in river Ganges as millions take Kumbh dip - Pollution concerns rise as millions take ...

The traditional colorful Indian fabric worn by women is ubiquitous to the world’s largest religious gathering in northern ...

The traditional colorful Indian fabric worn by women ...

Crowds had swelled because trains carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, had been ...

Hindu devotees take a holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of three rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical ...

the Ganges and the mythical Saraswati, on Vasant Panchami during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand) PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — The man ...

“At the time her ashes were scattered over River Indus near Sukkur Barrage ... to be scattered over the Ganges. This time, he is going to India after almost nine years and the number of ...

Pryagrai is in central India where the Ganges river meets the Jamuna river. According to both ancient mythology and modern astronomy, as the planets align every 12 years, the monks and babas of ...