Additionally, the Amrit Snan on Mauni Amavasya is said to purify the soul. “The billionaire businesswoman-philanthropist Laurene was briefly unwell on Monday but is feeling better after ‘Ganga Snan’ ...

Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dip in the Ganga river in Haridwar on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Tuesday. "Taking Maa Ganga's blessing on Makar Sankranti festival," he said in ...

Overwhelmed by the huge crowds at the Maha Kumbh, Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, was briefly indisposed but is recovering after 'Ganga snan' and rest. Her ...

The Ganga and the Himalaya are sacred to millions of Indians, yet these iconic entities of veneration face unjust and unethical treatment. Victor Mallet’s book River of Life, River of Death asks a ...

fueled by the faith of an estimated 40 crore people expected to descend on the banks of the Ganga in Prayagraj from today (January 13) onwards. The Mela has become a vast, pulsating marketplace ...

She will stay in Kumbh and is also planning to take a dip in Ganga. Dressed in a peach-yellow salwar suit with a Rakshasutra on her arm and a Rudraksha mala around her neck, 'Kamala' was warmly ...

A separate administrative district has been set up just for the event, with a sea of 160,000 tents erected along the banks of the Ganges river for devotees to live in. Hindu devotees leave after ...

A stone was thrown at the Tapti Ganga Express train, headed to Prayagraj carrying devotees for Maha Kumbh, near Maharashtra’s Jalgaon station on Sunday, the police said. Though no one was injured in ...

Hundreds of boats with devotees make continuous circuits of the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. A panoramic photograph of the shore, the brightly ...

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 two decades ago that he would take her to ...

Photojournalist Ankit Srinivas brings you some sights from the festival: The devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and the mythical ...