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 ...

Kolkata: In an appeal to Kolkata residents, mayor Firhad Hakim expressed his concerns over the deteriorating quality of the Ganga river, the primary source of the city's drinking water.

Ganga as goddess in the Sundarbans. Religion, p. 1. This intriguing anthropological study investigates how the boatmen of Banaras have repositioned themselves within the traditional social ...

Hindu devotees in thousands of number gather at this place to take a holy dip in Ganga River before She merges in the Bay of Bengal. During the Ganga Sagar Snan, a biggest fair is organized that ...

A women-only river cruise leans into luxeWomen-only travel groups are proliferating, and the recently announced river cruise from Uniworld caught my attention. Gen Z is at the forefront of the all ...

The Union Cabinet has approved construction of a rail-cum-road bridge across Ganga river in Varanasi at an estimated cost of ₹2,642 crore, which is projected to be completed in four years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet has approved a new rail-cum-road bridge over the river Ganga in Varanasi. With four railway lines and a six-lane highway, the bridge will drastically improve ...

The National Green Tribunal has been informed that according to an Uttarakhand government's report on pollution in Ganga, even the "originating point" of the pious river is polluted by sewage ...

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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that the water quality in the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh is deteriorating because of the discharge of sewage or sullage into the river. Earlier ...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, has greenlit the construction of a new rail-cum-road bridge over the Ganga River in Kashi. The ₹2,642 crore project will be completed in four ...

Rail-road bridge: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet today (October 16) has approved a new rail-cum-road bridge in Varanasi across the Ganga River. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw ...