NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The new government will seek the advice of holy men on how best to carry out an ambitious plan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clean up the Ganges, a river that is sacred to ...

Philip Reeves recently traveled the length of the Ganges River and reports on the people and places along the way: a holy man living in a case,... The 1,550-mile journey down India's holy Ganges River ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though officially abolished decades ago, the caste system still profoundly influences life in India. Those born into high castes ...

Aerial images of Hindu holy men and devotees taking a ceremonial dip in Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, for Shahi Snan or "royal bath" as part of the Kumbh ...

Hindu holy men take dip in Ganges at India's Kumbh Mela festival ...