Cremation at the centuries-old Manikarnika and Harishchandra ghats is regarded as a guarantee of salvation by Hindus. A project that’s underway to overhaul the two sites is throwing up questions of ...

Chhath Puja, a sacred festival dedicated to the Sun God, is being celebrated across Bihar, Jharkhand, and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Devotees observe rigorous fasts and perform rituals at various ghats, ...

Amid tight security arrangements and vigilant presence of NDRF personnel along the Ganga, thousands of devotees gathered at Varanasi’s ghats on Monday evening to offer arghya (water) to the setting ...

Water, with its religious connotations as a symbol of purification and life, holds great significance in many cultures. Nowhere is this respect for water more evident than in India, a country that ...

Varanasi, formerly known as Kashi or Banaras, is widely regarded as one of the oldest cities on the planet. This city, famous for the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple, is also known as the spiritual ...

The northern Indian city of Varanasi, perched on the banks of the Ganges river, is perhaps the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, a site that has drawn pilgrims literally for millennia.

At least 70 diesel pumping sets have been deployed to remove tons of silt deposited on the ghats and their staircases after the monsoon floods. AI Quick Read In preparation for Dev Deepawali on ...