India’s Ganges River shifted abruptly due to a distant yet massive earthquake around 2,500 years ago, new geologic evidence suggests. Such changes have been observed in other rivers in recent ...

India cradles an ancient and spiritual culture that draws visitors from around the globe. ... The Ganges River’s mystic waters cascaded over a precipice and joined a tumultuous swirl below.

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.

India’s “Mother Ganges” Pristine waters soon become a distant memory as the 2,525 km-long Ganges snakes its way down to the densely populated plains of north India, eventually forming a huge ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that an earthquake rerouted the Ganges River 2,500 years ago in what’s now Bangladesh.

Varanasi, also known as the spiritual centre of India, is among the oldest settlements in the world to still be inhabited. Nestled next to the sacred Ganges River, this city is a hub for Hindu ...

Varanasi, India. ‘Hum paani ke jeev hain. We are creatures of water,’ says 29-year-old Vishwakarma Sahni. Sahni belongs to Varanasi's community of approximately 8,000 mallah, the boatmen whose lives ...