A layer of toxic foam coated parts of a sacred river near India’s capital on Wednesday as Hindus gathered on its banks to celebrate a religious festival and some devotees bathed in the waters. The ...

Scott is a clinical associate professor of infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past ...

Worshipped by a billion Hindus and a water source for 400 million, the government is battling to save “Mother Ganga”. A man brushes his teeth as he stands in the polluted water of Ganges river in ...

In the mornings in Varanasi, the air on the banks of the Ganges fills with the scent of burning bodies. On the steps of the Manikarnika ghat—the holiest of the city’s stepped riverbanks, upon which ...

India reveres its rivers as divine mothers, yet the Brahmaputra stands out as a rare male deity. This mighty river, known for its astonishing width and unpredictable nature, creates the world's ...