Hyderabad: Ganga, the perennial lifeline for millions in north India, and several other rivers that rely on Himalayan glaciers for their water, is slowly, but surely on its way to becoming a rainfed ...

Across the approximately 35,000 sq km of the Ganga basin in Uttarakhand, an unsustainable level of human intervention has already made the region extremely vulnerable. Hydropower dams are a dangerous ...

The River Ganges (or Ganga) flows from the Himalayas all the way to the Bay of Bengal, through some of Asia’s most densely-populated regions. Its river basin is more than 1 million sq km, and home to ...

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

Maha Kumbh attracts devotees to Triveni Sangam, the meeting point of Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati. The distinct ...

And the Ganga is probably the siltiest river in the world, even more than the Amazon. Tumbling down from the Gangotri glacier some 1,500 km to the north-west, in Uttarakhand's Himalayas ...

Many family members of deceased Hindus whose ashes were kept in urns for years with them or at the Hindu cremation ground (Shamshan Ghat), in Old Golimar until they could be taken to India for ...

Every dish of Pahadi Thal at Jal & Jalebi by Ganga Kinare Rishikesh is a testament to the richness of the Himalayan region. The restaurant sources the freshest seasonal fruits and vegetables ...

MAP SELLER: It’s in the Bay of Bengal. NARRATOR: The Ganges begins its two and half thousand kilometre journey in the Himalayas, travelling rapidly down the mountains to the flat plains of India.