The Ganga Kayak Festival is the only festival of its kind on India’s holiest river. The annual event takes place in February in Devprayag, a town in Uttarakhand, North India.

The Ganges is far more than just a river. It is religion, industry, farming and politics. It is a source of water for millions of people, and an immense septic system that endures millions of ...

Tapovan is located just above Gangotri glacier, one of the primary sources of water for the River Ganges. – AP Photo / Altaf Qadri A Hindu holy man meditates near Gaumukh, part of the Gangotri Glacier ...

New Zealand is believed to be the first nation to grant legal rights to a river when the Whanganui River on New Zealand’s North Island, considered sacred by the Maori people of the region was ...

Toilet construction works along Ganges river to be completed by March 2015. Gulf News. August 23, 2014. Saturday, ... which enters in Bihar at Buxur passes through 11 other districts before moving ...

A new analysis of the River Ganges in West Bengal, India, highlights how wastewater flowing into the river impacts its water quality, and how that influence shifts with seasons and tides. A new ...

The film explores the significance of the Ganges River in shaping India's civilization, culture, and spirituality. It traces the river's journey from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal ...

Police in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state have arrested three people allegedly involved in the killing of the endangered Ganges river dolphin after a video of the grim incident went viral ...

As the mighty Ganges River overflowed its banks this past week following heavy monsoon rains, large parts of the Hindu holy town of Varanasi were submerged by floodwaters, keeping away thousands ...

This sacred river offers clues to the spread of one of the world’s most daunting health problems: germs impervious to common medicines. Deepak K. Prasad, left, collected a water sample, while ...

The Ganges river is one of the world’s most sacred waterways—and one of its most polluted. To restore it, India is undertaking one of the biggest engineering programs in the history of sanitation.

Kayaking on the River Ganges: Known as the "mass boater cross," the Ganga Kayak Festival is the only festival of its kind on India's holiest river. CNN. ... Located on a peninsula, ...