The River Ganga, India’s holiest river ... it an excellent stop for spiritual retreats along the Ganges. Bhagalpur is home to the ancient Vikramshila Monastery, offering teachings in Buddhist ...

An in-depth look at how Banaras, also known as Varanasi, has inspired generations of artists, photographers, and ...

Benares, the word conjures up esoteric evocations.We think of pages from the past cruising through the modern millennium and we gather exotic stories of British and Scottish gentlemen who fell in love ...

Bihar turned 113 years old today! On March 22, 1912, Bihar was carved out as a separate province from Bengal Presidency. The day was first celebrated in 2010 on the directions of Bihar Chief ...

Situated on the banks of the sacred Ganges River, Varanasi is one of ... carved out of marble as large relief world map representing pre-partition India. Each state can be seen so clearly that ...

FRIENDS or foes? Neither can decide! At best it’s peculiar, at worst, vague and a sordid affair. Both, until recently, ...

If there were a giant map of ... the great river valleys then as the main source areas, the Nile, the Tigris-Euphrates, and then over in India, the Indus valley and later the Ganges.

Mystical and spiritual, chaotic and confounding, India overflows with riches ... a sacred Hindu pilgrimage site. Cruising on the Ganges, we will experience life along the sacred river and witness a ...

is situated in northern India at the meeting point of the Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Sarasvati rivers. This historic city in Uttar Pradesh is a treasure trove for Hindu pilgrims and history ...

After an intensive on-the-spot survey for two days of the current status of the flow in the Ganges river at Farakka in West Bengal, technical experts and senior officials of Bangladesh and India ...