People watch unclaimed bodies burn on funeral pyres at a mass crematorium site on the banks of the Ganges River. Getty Images Dozens of rotting bodies were discovered floating in the Ganges River ...

The Ganges is seen as a viable alternative for Indian funeral rites as the river's waters, known as "Gangaa Jal," are believed to have purifying powers. "Private hospitals are looting people.

Funeral pyres burn at Manikarnika Ghat, one of the oldest and most sacred place for Hindus to be cremated, on the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, India, Oct. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) ...

Officials in Allahabad - one of Hinduism's holiest cities, where millions visit to perform funeral rites - say almost 150 bodies that floated up in the past three weeks have been cremated.

The stench of smouldering funeral pyres usually hangs heavy by the Ganges river in Varanasi, the mystical Indian city where Hindus believe being cremated will free them from the cycle of rebirth.

New drone footage, shot by Reuters, shows hundreds of bodies buried in the banks of the Ganges River in India. The country's hospitals and crematoriums have been struggling amid a deadly second ...

At once lyrical and smell-the-stench gritty, "Ganges: River to Heaven" provides a respectful, often engrossing overview of the water body that's among the world's holiest sites. Visually handsome ...

The embalmed body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian mystic and Beatles' guru who helped bring transcendental meditation to the West, was cremated today on a huge pyre of sandalwood by India's ...

On Monday, dozens of dead bodies washed ashore the river in the Buxar district of the state of Bihar. Indian authorities have announced a temporary fix to the horrifying phenomena.

SUJABAD, India — Two weeks ago, as dawn broke over the Ganges river in this waterfront community, someone noticed several bodies in the shallows, the first of hundreds that would ...

Funeral pyres burn at Manikarnika Ghat, one of the oldest and most sacred places for Hindus to be cremated, on the banks of River Ganges in Varanasi, India, Oct. 18, 2019. – AP Photo / Altaf Qadri A ...

VARANASI, India — With her eyes sealed, Ramedi cupped the murky water of the Ganges River in her hands, lifted them toward the sun, and prayed for her husband, her 15 grandchildren and her bad ...