Considering this holiday favourite is home to over 400 rivers and nearly 5,000 miles of coastline, India was a relative ...

ALONG THE GANGES, IndiaALONG THE GANGES, India — More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of India’s holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city.

Rivers have special importance in all the countries of the world. However, when it comes to India, rivers are not just ...

As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to win a third term, NPR visited some of his voter base in the north. Up and down the Ganges, India's Modi enjoys support after 10 years of rule VARANASI, ...

Michelle Baran is on the Bengal Ganga, cruising the Ganges River in India. Her third dispatch follows. Click to read Michelle's first and second dispatches. VARINASI, India — Almost every country has ...

Maersk Line, the world's largest container shipping company, has become one of the initial entrants into National Waterway-1, India's first commercial inland waterways laid out across the Ganges River ...

An Indian Hindu family walks on the shallow banks of the Yamuna river, covered with chemical foam caused by industrial and domestic pollution, during Chhath Puja festival in New Delhi, India, Saturday ...

VARANASI, India — Hindu priests stand on the banks of the Ganges, performing an evening prayer to the river. They wave fire as the sun sets, ring bells and tap on drums. Thousands watch, clap and ...