Swimming blindly Taking to the Ganges’ murky waters — with Sandeep as a guide — sightings of these illusive creatures are not as rare as one first expects. Meandering around the many sandbanks that ...

What's is the most dangerous place in the world to swim? In his video I will be answering that question and many more. There ...

Nearly half a million Hindus braved near-freezing temperatures to wash away their sins in the icy waters of the Ganges river in northern India on Wednesday, the first day of a six-week festival.

The Ganges River, revered as the goddess Ganga, is central to Hindu culture for its purification powers. It supports millions through agriculture, industry, and transportation. Pilgrimage sites ...

Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...

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 Ganges has many tributaries - so many, in fact, that the river basin covers Tibet, Nepal, India and Bangladesh.