Growing urban populations, more public awareness of pollution and ambitious redevelopment plans propel big drinking water and wastewater treatment investment in two key cities.

The Namami Gange pavilion at Mahakumbh 2025 has emerged as a major attraction, drawing thousands of visitors and pilgrims.

Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga ...

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a ritual river dip on Wednesday at the world's largest religious ...

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

India's Kumbh Mela festival attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful to Prayagraj in northern Uttar Pradesh state, but ...

A handout satellite image made available by Maxar Technologies shows large crowds along the banks of Yamuna and Ganges rivers during the Kumbh Mela festival at Sangam, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh ...

As pilgrims rushed to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers ... Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, said Wednesday evening that he would start a judicial inquiry to find ...

As pilgrims rushed to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers ... Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, said Wednesday evening that he would start a judicial inquiry to find ...

Wednesday was a sacred day in the six-week Hindu festival, and authorities expected a record 100 million devotees to engage in a ritual bath at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...

At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering early Wednesday, police said, as millions of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred waters ...