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India's Effort To Clean Up Sacred But Polluted Ganga River
The Ganga River, known as the Ganges under British rule, is one of the most revered waterways in the world -- and also among the most polluted. Stretching from the Himalayan foothills to the Bay of Bengal, it provides water to nearly...
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WS PAN Ganga Mela festival people crowding on river bank / India
WS PAN Ganga Mela festival people crowding on river bank / India
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MS Lit offerings floating on Gangas river at night / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
MS Lit offerings floating on Gangas river at night / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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MS TD Man bathing in Gangas River / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
MS TD Man bathing in Gangas River / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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MS Two boys bathing in Gangas River / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
MS Two boys bathing in Gangas River / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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WS View of Ganga river / Uttarakhand, India
WS View of Ganga river / Uttarakhand, India
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MS Two people bathing in Gangas River near docked boat / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
MS Two people bathing in Gangas River near docked boat / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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WS TS Boats passing across Gangas river at sunset / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
WS TS Boats passing across Gangas river at sunset / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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MS Shot of people walking on pontoon bridge over gangas river during kumbh mela / Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
MS Shot of people walking on pontoon bridge over gangas river during kumbh mela / Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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MS Shot of people walking on pontoon bridge over gangas river during kumbh mela / Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
MS Shot of people walking on pontoon bridge over gangas river during kumbh mela / Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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WS PAN View of Temple and building on shore of ganga river / India
WS PAN View of Temple and building on shore of ganga river / India
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WS POV TS Men rowing boats as fast as they can down in ganga river / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
WS POV TS Men rowing boats as fast as they can down in ganga river / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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WS PAN View of Temple and building on shore of ganga river / India
WS PAN View of Temple and building on shore of ganga river / India
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WS POV TS Men rowing boats ganga river / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
WS POV TS Men rowing boats ganga river / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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WS PAN Ganga Mela festival people crowding on river bank / India
WS PAN Ganga Mela festival people crowding on river bank / India
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A single motorized riverboat leaves it's wake in the vast expanse of Mother Ganga, tiny rowing boats dotted about on silvery surface. India
- The Maha Kumbh Mela Festival 2013. The largest gathering of people ever in history. The festival is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is considered to be the largest peaceful...
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W/S CRANE UP pilgrims in Gangotri (source of the Ganges river)
W/S CRANE UP pilgrims in Gangotri (source of the Ganges river)
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People mill about in foreground of vast crowd stretching to banks of the river Ganges, Kumbh Mela, India
- The Maha Kumbh Mela Festival 2013. The largest gathering of people ever in history. The festival is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is considered to be the largest peaceful...
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Brown semi naked saddhus sit on ground, red clad people walk past and through them, men having heads shaved in front row. Kumbh Mela, India
- The Maha Kumbh Mela Festival 2013. The largest gathering of people ever in history. The festival is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is considered to be the largest peaceful...