especially those drawn to the spiritual and cultural essence of India. The city's ghats along the sacred Ganges River offer ...

Rishikesh is India’s rafting capital with thrilling rapids. Best season is October to June. Choose Shivpuri or Marine Drive ...

The Kumbh Mela festival in India opened on Monday ... is held at the site where the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers meet. In the cool hours before sunrise, pilgrims surged forward ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of ... Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once flowed from the Himalayas through Prayagraj, meeting there with the Ganges and the Yamuna.

The Ganges is more than a river here; it's a goddess ... and is considered the spiritual capital of India. Pilgrims bathe in the Ganges at sunrise, bodies are cremated on open ghats, and temples ...

In Varanasi, riding a boat on the Ganges is a religious experience. Glide past ancient temples and ghats during sunrise or sunset. Be enchanted in India's ... world's largest river island, Majuli ...

Fisherman Babu Sahni, 30, and his son Himanshu Kumar Sahni, eight, approach a bank on the Punpun River, a Ganges tributary. Throughout rural India, trash collection is rare, and ad hoc dump sites ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of ... Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once flowed from the Himalayas through Prayagraj, meeting there with the Ganges and the Yamuna.

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of ... Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once flowed from the Himalayas through Prayagraj, meeting there with the Ganges and the Yamuna.

AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions ... the mythical Saraswati river once flowed from the Himalayas through Prayagraj, meeting there with the Ganges and the Yamuna.