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Devotees perform 'pind dan' on the last day of Pitru Paksha in Varanasi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 6 (ANI): Scores of devotees on Wednesday visited the banks of the holy river Ganga in Varanasi to offer prayers to their ancestors on the last day of Pitru Paksha, also known as Sarvapitari Amavasya.
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Haridwar Kumbh 2021: NMCG develops infrastructure to stop sewage water flo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 1 (ANI): An ancient city located on the banks of River Ganga, Haridwar is expanding rapidly. Being a popular pilgrimage site, the city also witnesses a massive floating population as each day pilgrims come to bathe at the holy river to get rid of their s
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India celebrates Makar Sankranti with fervour, devotees take holy dip in G
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): With multi-coloured kites filling the sky and devotees taking a dip in holy rivers, India is celebrating Makar Sankranti, which is one of the most auspicious times in a year that marks the transition of the Sun from Dakshinayan to Uttarayan.
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Urns pile up at Lucknow's Baikunth Dham as lockdown affects funerary ritua
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 30 (ANI): Several lockers at Baikunth Dham in the city are brimming with the 'asthi' (ashes) as families of the deceased are unable to collect these for immersion in the holy river of Ganga due to the movement restriction imposed under the coronavirus i
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Packaged Ganga jal being sold at Haryana post office
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], July 30 (ANI): A post office has started selling packaged Ganga jal (water from the holy River Ganga) in Rohtak from Wednesday, officials said.
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Ganga gets a new breath of life in Kanpur
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jun 24 (ANI): Located on the west bank of river Ganga, Kanpur is a densely populated city famous for its leather industries. The city produces an estimated 450 million litres of municipal sewage and industrial effluent daily, a majority of which was flowing di
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Constructed wetlands to help filter sewage waste flowing into Ganga
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bithoor (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): Located a few miles away from the Kanpur city, Bithoor is a historical town situated on the bank of holy river Ganga.
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UP: Devotees throng holy ghats to celebrate Ganga Dussehra
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Varanasi/Prayagraj (UP) [India], June 12 (ANI): Several devotees thronged the holy ghats of the River Ganga to take a dip in the holy river on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra.
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How clean is River Ganga? Here's a fact check
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Around 97 towns and cities located on the banks of Ganga discharge over 3.2 billion litres of untreated sewage into the river daily. To keep the water from getting polluted, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) took up a big challenge t
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More efforts needed for Clean Ganga: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Blaming the previous governments for not being able to rejuvenate the Ganga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his government plans to finish the task of cleaning up the holy river.
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Vajpayee's ashes to be immersed in all rivers of UP
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be immersed in all the holy rivers of Uttar Pradesh, including Ganga, Yamuna, and Tapti, to respect his grand stature, the state government announced on Friday.
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Balanced development is the need of the hour
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Rajasthan [India], Aug 17 (ANI): On the issue of cleanliness of the Ganga, it is clear from the strict attitude of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that whatever was done in the name of cleansing this holy river was a mere pretense.
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