While the curse shaped her destiny, Ganga’s personal life added another layer of complexity to her story. King Shantanu of Hastinapur fell deeply in love with her after seeing her by the river.

Landmarks in the national capital dimmed their lights for Earth Hour Festival 2025, aligning with World Water Day's ...

Our boatman Pramod — a tall, dark, smooth-skinned man with sharply angled features — is waiting for us on the banks of the Ganga. At the ghat, we find women in wet saris and pot-bellied ...

Ganga Sagar Snan, also famous as ‘Ganga Sagar Mela’ or ‘Ganga Sagar Yatra’ is a significant gathering of the Hindu pilgrims during the auspicious time of ‘Makar Sankranti’. It is an annual observance ...

The first ever estimate of Gangetic dolphins, the only riverine dolphins in India, has found 6,327 of them in the river Ganga and its tributaries. Previous attempts at mapping the population have ...

The Ganga, one of the holiest rivers in India, has been scientifically proven to possess a unique self-purification ability. Despite millions of devotees taking holy dips during events like the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today signaled the start of the MV Ganga Vilas, the longest river voyage in the world, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The inaugural trip to Dibrugarh in Assam via ...