The mountain town of Gangotri is a popular place to pay homage to the Goddes Ganga; according to legend, it is where Lord Shiva released the Ganges from a lock of his hair. Many pilgrims flock to ...

NARRATOR: The Ganges begins its two and half thousand kilometre journey in the Himalayas, travelling rapidly down the mountains to the flat plains of India. It’s one of the world’s biggest ...

A deadly stampede on Wednesday hit India's Kumbh Mela, a vast Hindu festival held by the banks of the Ganges river that 400 million pilgrims are expected to visit over ...

Rivers mountains and temples linked to different ... The most famous Hindu pilgrimage is the Kumbh Mela, which takes place at the River Ganges in India. Up to 40 million people come to purify ...