Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Shivang Mehta / India / 9 mins / English / 2025

Unlike most rivers in India, the Chambal was never worshipped. Legend called it cursed. Yet the myth that kept people and industry away also kept her wild and clean. Today, home to over 400 species, she shapes the lives of creatures that inhabit this unique ecosystem.