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 ...

This video shows a busy riverfront filled with people, boats, and buildings, located at the ghats of Varanasi along the Ganges River, India. Numerous wooden boats are lined up along the water’s edge, ...

Worshippers and tourists sit on boats facing the bank of the Ganges River in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi to watch the Ganga Aarti, a ritual of devotion to the venerated river. Hindu priests wave ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. One day in January 2015, black crows began to fill the gray sky like wild brushstrokes, so a group of villagers decided ...

The growing anthropogenic activities in the last three decades in India have affected the monsoons, which is erratic and not timely, affecting the groundwater recharge especially when the groundwater ...

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. Today, little of the ancient construction remains, ...

Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...

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 ...