Scientists and engineers are about to begin the monumental task of mapping the vast stretch of the Ganges river that runs through India in unprecedented detail. They hope to get started on the ...

A man brushes his teeth as he stands in the polluted water of Ganges river in Kolkata, India. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy ...

ALONG THE GANGES, India (AP) — 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 ...

There’s a dreamlike quality to Giulio Di Sturco’s photograph of Hindus preparing to bathe in the Ganges. Taken in soft morning light, the image shows devotees assembled by the river ...

But if India’s British colonizers were often dismissive of the mass pilgrimages to the river, they were in their own way in awe of its water. Ganges water was a beverage of choice in the 16th ...

And Kanpur, where Yayati built his fort, is a city known for its leather tanneries and the relentless pollution they pump into the Ganges River. For more than 1,700 miles, from the Gangotri ...