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

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

Sen has written extensively about the history of the Gangetic valley, and how the empire and its Hindu ... Sen wrote about these healing properties in his book Ganges: The Many Pasts of an Indian ...

(AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Hindu women devotees pray after taking bath at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...

GalleryAccording to the Indian government ... At the 2001 Purna Kumbh Mela, 70 million people visited the banks of the Ganges ove three weeks, including 40 million in a single day.

India's Maha Kumbh Mela religious festival. 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 ...

Hindu devotees pray before taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (Bernama) -- At least 40 people have died and dozens injured in a stampede at a bathing ritual during the ...

the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on Mauni Amavasya' or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesay ...