The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

India cradles an ancient and spiritual culture that draws ... known religious sights including the source of the sacred Ganges River in Uttarakhand, the Indian state bordering Nepal and Tibet ...

In ancient times, it was known as Uttarapath and connected cities along the Ganges River to Punjab and Taxila in Pakistan.

Varanasi ancient City on the banks of Ganga in India is colorful web of culture, tradition and spirituality. Backpackers ...

The river played a vital role in the ancient Indus Valley Civilization ... often hailed as the 'Dakshin Ganga' or the Ganges of the South, is the second-longest river in India.

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A trip to Rishikesh in northern India changed all that. Practising sun salutations on a private beach, lulled by the hypnotic, rolling waters of the River Ganges, my chattering mind quietened for ...

After an intensive on-the-spot survey for two days of the current status of the flow in the Ganges river at Farakka in West Bengal, technical experts and senior officials of Bangladesh and India ...

NEW DELHI, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Officials from India and Bangladesh Friday concluded a two-day meeting of the Joint River Commission ... of the 30-year-old Ganga/Ganges Water Treaty (GWT), which ...

The first population estimation of riverine dolphins in India has revealed the presence of 6,327 dolphins in the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus River systems, according to a government report published ...

The Ganges (Ganga) is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. It begins at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers at Devprayag in Uttarakhand.