Kumbh Mela: Covid reports, masks to be compulsory

Preparations are underway for Kumbh Mela 2021 to be held from April 1 to 30 in Haridwar. The Uttarakhand government has decided to limit the Kumbh this year to 30 days. IMAGE: KTents are seen as......

After 4 years of Namami Gange, how clean is India's holiest river?

'Though the river is cleaner than what it was five years ago, a lot more needs to be done.' IMAGE: Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the river Ganga on the occasion of the annual Hindu......

Rafting down the Ganga, for a cause

IMAGE: Team leader Surinder Khatri on one of the rafts during the expedition. 'Kanpur and Hoogly district are the most polluted on the Ganga.' 'Records say there are alligators in the Ganga. It is......

Kumbh Mela begins in Nashik, thousands take holy dip

Simhastha Kumbh Mela, the largest congregation of faith in the world, began on Tuesday with the traditional ceremony of hoisting of flags and thousands of people taking a holy dip in Kushawart and......