The Ganges River holds immense importance for both Bangladesh and India, providing water for agriculture, livelihoods, and ...

KARACHI: Many family members of deceased Hindus whose ashes were kept in urns for years with them or at the Hindu cremation ...

More than 400 urns containing the ashes of deceased Pakistani Hindus have finally been sent to Wagah border for onward travel to Haridwar in Indian state of Utterkhand where the ashes will be immersed ...

Celebrities from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to US actress Dakota Johnson have reportedly joined millions of pilgrims at ...

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

According to the Indian government, some 400 million people were expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, the most important ...

The event - held once every 12 years - starts on Monday and over the next six weeks, the devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and ...

Three years ago, when the National River Conservation Commission revealed a mind boggling number of 65,127 grabbers feasting ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

Devotees take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati river As we've been reporting, at least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the Kumbh Mela 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 two decades ago that he would take her to ...

Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river ...