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Ganges River Pollution Stock Photos

Browse 1,724 ganges river pollution photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

Girls collect items thrown by devotees as religious offerings after the celebrations of the 'Boita Bandana,' also known as ''Danga Bhasa,'' on the...

Polluted Banks Of River Ganges In Kolkata

Hindu devotees perform rituals next to religious waste around the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and the Saraswati,...

International Day of Action for Rivers in India

View of the pollution in the river Ganga at Dasaswamedh Ghat on the occasion of Kartik Purnima on November 23, 2018 in Varanasi, India.

Devotees Take Dip In River Ganga On Occasion Of Kartik Purnima

General view of polluted water around the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and the Saraswati, following the conclusion of...

International Day of Action for Rivers in India

People performing cremation rituals near a parched riverbed of the Ganges River around the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganga,...

International Day of Action for Rivers in India

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Water Pollution-01

Water Pollution, Pollution, India

General view of polluted water around the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and the Saraswati, following the conclusion of...

International Day of Action for Rivers in India

Plastic bottle and flowers float at Sangam after the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on March 6, 2025.

Conclusion Of Maha Kumbh Mela 2025.

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Pollution in River Ganges at Varanasi, India

India, Water Pollution, Rubbish

Goats are seen by the polluted pond ahead of the World Water Day in Prayagraj, India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on March 20, 2023.

World Water Day in India

Pollution, River

Tajganj Cremation Center in Agra, Uttar Pradesh state in India. The cremation center with some shrines and temples lies on the riverbank of the...

Tajganj Cremation Center In Agra

Funeral, Varanasi, Ceremony

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Manikarnika Ghat - Hindu funeral cremation place at Varanasi, India

Rubbish, Pollution

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Water pollution of River Ganga (Ganges)

The stepped bathing places on the banks of the River Ganga, there are 84 different Ghats all several hundred years old on April 23, 2026 in Varanasi,...

Bathing Ghats of Varanasi on River Ganga

Boys bathe in the polluted water of the river Ganges to cool off on a hot summer day in Kolkata, India, on April 10, 2025.

Heatwave in Kolkata, India

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India's Cities & Landmarks

Polluted water of the holy river Ganga in Varanasi. Ganga is the largest river in India with an extraordinary religious importance for Hindus. It...

Polluted water of the holy river Ganga in Varanasi. Ganga is

Garbage and debris from immersions of idols float at the bank of the river Ganges, as seen in Kolkata, India, on November 3, 2025.

River Pollution In India

General view of polluted water around the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and the Saraswati, following the conclusion of...

International Day of Action for Rivers in India

Man searches for valuables in the garbage around the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and the Saraswati, following the...

International Day of Action for Rivers in India

Plastic bottle and flowers float at Sangam after the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on March 6, 2025.

Conclusion Of Maha Kumbh Mela 2025.

Man brushes his teeth in front of the polluted banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata, India, on November 15, 2024. The Union Environment Ministry...

Polluted Banks Of River Ganges In Kolkata

Women collect holy water next to items thrown by devotees as religious offerings after the celebrations of the 'Boita Bandana,' also known as 'Danga...

Polluted Banks Of River Ganges In Kolkata

People collect items thrown by devotees as religious offerings after the celebrations of the 'Boita Bandana,' also known as 'Danga Bhasa,' on the...

Polluted Banks Of River Ganges In Kolkata

View of the banks of holy river Ganga fully polluted by the garbage left by people after the Basant Panchami puja celebrations. Water pollution is...

A view of the banks of holy river Ganga fully polluted by

Garbage floats on Ganga River Bank in Varanasi. River Ganga is sick in Varanasi. Along the Ghats of Varanasi, Ganga water is polluted in which about...

Garbage floats on Ganga River Bank in Varanasi. River Ganga

Pollution, India, River

View of the banks of holy river Ganga fully polluted by the garbage left by people after the Basant Panchami puja celebrations. Water pollution is...

A view of the banks of holy river Ganga fully polluted by

India, Water Pollution, Environment

Semi-submerged Kali idol during the immersion in the Ganges at Howrah amid 2nd year of Covid-19 pandemic. The worship of Goddess Kali in autumn is...

Semi-submerged Kali idol during the immersion in the Ganges

The stepped bathing places on the banks of the River Ganga, there are 84 different Ghats all several hundred years old on April 23, 2026 in Varanasi,...

Bathing Ghats of Varanasi on River Ganga

Laboratory technician displays a petri dish exhibit with faecal coliform bacteria from a river water sample in the Swatcha Ganga Research Laboratory,...

Pollution Poses Ongoing Challenges For Sacred Ganges River

Petri Dish, Pollution

An Indian Sadhu wades in the polluted water of the River Ganges before taking a holy dip in Allahabad on June 7, 2018.

INDIA-RELIGION-HINDU-GANGES

Indian hindu people cross the dried and polluted Ganges river as they carry a dead body of their relative to cremate on the polluted banks of Ganges...

India Pollution

Devotees immerse an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga into the Ganges River on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, on October...

Durga Idol Immersion In Kolkata, India

The debris from recent Saraswati idol immersion is causing pollution of the Ganges.

The debris from recent Saraswati idol immersion is causing

The debris from recent Saraswati idol immersion is causing pollution of the Ganges.

The debris from recent Saraswati idol immersion is causing

Boy in India is jumping into the Ganga River in front of the Howrah Bridge on a hot day in Kolkata, India, on April 10, 2023. Heat wave conditions...

Temperature Rises In Many Parts Of India

Kali idol immersion in the Ganges at Howrah amid 2nd year of Covid-19 pandemic. The worship of Goddess Kali in autumn is single day annual Hindu...

Kali idol immersion in the Ganges at Howrah amid 2nd year of

Idols of Saraswati Devi left at the banks of river Ganga by Hindu devotees after the Basant Panchami puja celebrations. Water pollution is one of the...

Idols of Saraswati Devi left at the banks of river Ganga by

Man sits beside the polluted river Ganga after the day of Chhath puja festival in Kolkata, India, 21 November, 2020.

Water Pollution After Chhath Puja Festival

Woman worship at the Ganga river in Adi Ganga at Kalighat, Kolkata. The Ganges River is the Holy River to the Indians. But it is now highly polluted...

A woman worship at the Ganga river in Adi Ganga at Kalighat

Ganga river pollution in Kolkata, India, 13 October, 2019. Due to the over increase population and density, pollution in the river Ganga where...

Ganga Pollution In Kolkata

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Garbage Dump in Kolkata River Port, India

Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Rubbish

Tajganj Cremation Center in Agra, Uttar Pradesh state in India. The cremation center with some shrines and temples lies on the riverbank of the...

Tajganj Cremation Center In Agra

Ash, Pollution, Hinduism

Dead body of an animal floats on the river Ganges in Kolkata, India, 18 November, 2019. Due to the over increase population and density, pollution in...

Ganges River Pollution In Kolkata

Dead body of an animal floats on the river Ganges in Kolkata, India, 18 November, 2019. Due to the over increase population and density, pollution in...

Ganges River Pollution In Kolkata

Toxic waste water from leather tanneries is released straight into the Ganges River. The leather tanneries is one of the main contributors to the...

Toxic waste water from leather tanneries is released

Pollution, India, Manufacturing

Tajganj Cremation Center in Agra, Uttar Pradesh state in India. The cremation center with some shrines and temples lies on the riverbank of the...

Tajganj Cremation Center In Agra

India, Varanasi, Taj Mahal

An indian devotee comes out with his son after giving him a holy dip in Polluted water of River Ganges , in Allahabad on November 27,2015.Over 500...

INDIA-POLLUTION-GANGES

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Cremation Ghat In Varanasi

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River transport in Bay of Bengal

Flood, Pollution

The stepped bathing places on the banks of the River Ganga, there are 84 different Ghats all several hundred years old on April 23, 2026 in Varanasi,...

Bathing Ghats of Varanasi on River Ganga

Gopal Pandey, a laboratory technician tests for faecal coliform bacteria using a sample of river water in the Swatcha Ganga Research Laboratory, a...

Pollution Poses Ongoing Challenges For Sacred Ganges River

Ghaziabad Devotees immerse idols of Hindu god Lord Ganesha on the final day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Muradnagar Ganga Canal on September 17,...

Ganesh Visarjan 2024

The debris from recent Saraswati idol immersion is causing pollution of the Ganges.

The debris from recent Saraswati idol immersion is causing

Devotees are seen on the banks of river Kuakhai as they immerse Indian hindu goddess Durga's idols after end the Durga Puja festival in the eastern...

Durga Puja Festival In Odisha

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Ganges river bank-04

Water Pollution, Pollution

Pollution seen in the Ganga as devotees take a dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, at Prayag Ghat on January 15, 2019 in Varanasi, India.

Devotees Take Dip In River Ganga On Makar Sankranti Festival

Pilgrims gather along the banks of the Ganges River to offer prayers at the break of dawn on March 04, 2025 in Varanasi, India. The Ganga or the...

Pollution Poses Ongoing Challenges For Sacred Ganges River

Pollution, Varanasi, India

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Kumbh mela 2025 prayagraj India

Pilgrims offer prayers along the banks of the Ganges River strewn with flowers offered in religious rituals and plastic bottles at the break of dawn...

Pollution Poses Ongoing Challenges For Sacred Ganges River

Pollution, Varanasi, Plastic Pollution

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