Varanasi, an old city located on ganges river bee flocks of traditions & spirituality. Renowned as Kashi or Banaras, It performs seven festivals with great dedication that reflects the ancient ...

For many Hindus, a visit to the holy city of Varanasi precedes their pilgrimage to the Kumbh Mela, a city located about 75 miles away from the main site of the festival. Worshippers are called to ...

Following the deaths of 10 people at the Ganges River in 2015, organizers of the Kumbh Mela festival imposed a selfie ban to prevent future stampedes during the ritual bathing. A survey of ...

The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters of the Ganges River If I’d arrived in Varanasi a fortnight earlier, or later, I would have found a city with a population of around 1.7 million.

Every 12 years the festival carries the prefix “Maha ... Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made cleaning the Ganges, India’s holiest river, a priority since first taking office ...

will stream into the river Ganges next week for the world's biggest festival. The Kumbh Mela in northern India, starting Monday and stretching over 55 days, attracts ash-covered holy men who run ...

The 144-year timing of this year’s festival meant even these astounding ... the vast site and the streets lined up across the Ganges River through the 30 floating bridges connecting with the ...

In Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, the two-day Masaan, or crematorium, Holi along the banks of the Ganges river attracts thousands ...

While the authorities race to keep the festival going safely, he must navigate his own feelings towards the tragedy and assess whether to make it to the river ... Goes to the Ganges (w/t) will ...

India’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj ... regarded as one of the festival’s main rituals.