Ganges

Bus Full Of Pilgrims Plunges Into Ganges

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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NEW DELHI -- Police say a bus full of Hindu pilgrims plunged into the Ganges River, killing 26 people in northern India. Rescuers worked more than fo...

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Indian Water Policies Unsettle Neighbors

John C.K. Daly | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: India, Ganges, Bangladesh, Bay of Bengal, India Bangladesh Water, India Dams Bangladesh, India Water Policies, India Bangladesh Dams, India Water Policy, Green News
John C.K. Daly

Indian dams and barrages increasingly concern Bangladesh, as its agriculture and environment is largely dependent on those rivers, especially the Ganges and the Brahmaputra.

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A Hind-Jew in India

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yom Kippur, Hinduism, Hotels, Ganges, Luxury, Judaism, Varanasi, India, Travel, Spas, Benares, Fasting, Abstinence, Travel News
Perry Garfinkel

I arrived in Hinduism's holiest city on Judaism's holiest day. But how was I to spend Yom Kippur, a solemn day of atonement and fasting at the 5-star Nadesar Palace?

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Monkeys of India: Look but Please Don't Touch

Joel Brokaw | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Macadamia Nuts, India, Hanuman, Monkey, Buddhism, Hinduism, Spirituality, Hill Station, Duality, Ganges, Healthy Living News
Joel Brokaw

The monkey who was ransacking my room was making his exit, carrying something in his hand. When I climbed back through the same window, I was expecting the worst.

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Varanasi: India's Holy City (PHOTOS)

Rajan P. Parrikar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Pilgrimage, Slideshow, Ghats, Ganges, Holy, Ganga, Hindu, Shiva, Culture, Jain, Varanasi, Sacred, Buddhist, India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Cremation, Sikh, Benaras, Kashi, Stupa, Sarnath, Religion News
Rajan P. Parrikar

In this holy place beats the heart of an ancient civilization.

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Kumbh Mela: Hindus Dip In Chilly Ganges During 'World's Largest Religious Gathering' (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP HARIDWAR, India — Thousands of Hindu holy men, some naked and smeared with ash, took dips in the chilly waters of the Ganges river while sur...

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World Bank Loans India $1 Billion To Clean Ganges River Pollution

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ganges River, Ganges Clean Up, World Bank, India, Cleanup, Ganges, Ganges Pollution, Pollution, World News

NEW DELHI — The World Bank has agreed to loan India $1 billion to help clean the Ganges river, sacred to hundred of millions of Hindus and also ...

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A Changing Lens: Christmas in India

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sacred Travel, Yoga, Ganges, Transformation, India, Goddesses, Christmas in India, Lakshmi, Spiritual Travel, Transformational Travel, Healthy Living News
Tabby Biddle

I arrived in India three days ago to find an India that felt tough, unclean and unnerving. I have been here two times before, but this time it felt dirtier, noisier and more crowded.

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A Clean Karma Bath in the Muck of the Ganges (xvi)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pooja, Purification Exercise, India, Women Travelers, Varanasi, Spirituality, Ganges, Karma, Healthy Living News
Karin Badt

Only in India do people comment on the experience of getting there ("this was fresher," said Vivek) rather than the destination itself.

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Varanasi: The City of the Dead (xi)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011

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Karin Badt

Varanasi, the holy city of the dead, is a blast of life. Right from the train station, the roads are dense in clanking bicycles, women in black veils...

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