ALLAHABAD, INDIA — Among believers, the river has many names: The Pure. Destroyer of Sin. Light Amid the Darkness of Ignorance. But mostly they call it “Ganga Ma” -- Mother Ganges -- and ...

Is the Ganges River a dirty, polluted river? In some areas, certainly. But there are many stretches of the river where you absolutely wouldn’t know it. Would I jump in?

What is dumped in the river Ganges? Raw sewage, plastic bags and bottles, industrial effluents, human waste, chemicals from tanneries, discarded idols, cow dung, partially cremated corpses ...

India’s Ganges River is one of the most revered in the world; it is also one of the most polluted. Stretching some 1,500 miles from its origins in the Himalayas to its mouth in the Bay of Bengal ...

But it's more than just dirty. Scientists say sewage has devastated the 1,550-mile river, which spills from a Himalayan glacier and cuts through India's plains before flowing into the Bay of Bengal.

But it's more than just dirty. Scientists say sewage has devastated the 1,550-mile river, which spills from a Himalayan glacier and cuts through India's plains before flowing into the Bay of Bengal.

But it's more than just dirty. Scientists say sewage has devastated the 1,550-mile river, which spills from a Himalayan glacier and cuts through India's plains before flowing into the Bay of Bengal.

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 ...

The third report in a six-part series follows India's Ganges River between Kanpur and Varanasi, a stretch where Hindus come to cleanse themselves of sins and remember a great Indian epic.