For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as ...

On Ganga Saptami, the ceremony of ‘deepadan’ that is donating a ‘deep’ is very fortunate. Ganga is considered to be a ‘devi’ or Goddess in Hindu religion; therefore devotees worship Her with complete ...

In a desperate attempt to escape the crush, some people climbed poles, which reportedly collapsed. “I survived this only because of the blessings of Goddess Ganga,” Devi says. The stampede did not ...