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 ...

2. The Ganges is the longest river in India, stretching over 2,525 kilometres (1,569 miles) from its source in the Himalayas to its delta in the Bay of Bengal ...

Being India's Kashi or Banaras, Varanasi is known as the City of Lights or as the centerpiece of India's river, the Ganga. It holds great religious and cultural significance. Moreover, the city is ...