Millions of people have been visiting Prayagraj, a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, to take part in the ...

The History Lecture Series hosted their second installment of “River Histories” on Jan. 29 with a lecture presented by ...

The Ganges River, often referred to as the "Mother Ganges," holds a profound significance in Hinduism and Indian culture. Revered as a goddess of forgiveness and purification, the Ganges is ...

Massacre Ghat, also known as Satti Chaura Ghat, holds significant historical value as the site of a tragic event during India's First War of Independence in 1857. Under Nana Sahib’s leadership, a ...

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 ...

The naga sadhus—the iconic naked holy men of the Kumbh Mela—parade en masse to bathe in the waters of the Ganges River, followed by the millions of pilgrims who have also come to partake in ...

Terming the dredging of river Ganga an act of "environmental ... The Kannauj MP shared on X a news clip of dredging in the Ganga for the Maha Kumbh. "History has been a witness that rivers create ...