Along The Ganges: India's Holy River Cities | Full Documentary Allahabad hosts the largest religious gathering on the planet ...

A huge crowd of devotees gathered at the 'Dasashwamedh Ghat' on the Ganges river bank to witness the 'aarti', where a group of priests performed rituals, accompanied by hymns and chiming of bells, to ...

On this day, the ritual of marrying Tulsi plant, which is holy to the Hindus, to 'shaligram', a symbolic form of Hindu God Sri Krishna, is performed. Devotees gathered on the banks of River Ganga ...

ALLAHABAD, India — Millions of devout Hindus led by naked ascetics with ash smeared on their bodies plunged into the frigid waters of India's holy Ganges River early this week in a ritual they believe ...

In Hindu culture and Vedic traditions, Ganga jal is believed to be the most sacred water, which holds the power to cleanse and purify anything and everything. Drawn from the divine Ganges River, which ...

Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of humanity for ...

As a stream of Hindu devotees dip themselves in India's sacred Ganges river for a ritual believed to purify their souls, a young boy plunges into the water to find his fortune.

More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of India's holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city. Today, little of the ancient construction remains, ...

For centuries, Hindus gathered to burn corpses on funeral pyres along the Ganges River. Jews received condolences at home during a seven-day mourning period. Muslims huddled together to wash the ...