Ganga Sagar Snan, also famous as ‘Ganga Sagar Mela’ or ‘Ganga Sagar Yatra’ is a significant gathering of the Hindu pilgrims during the auspicious time of ‘Makar Sankranti’. It is an annual observance ...

Kolkata, Jan. 15 -- Lakhs of pilgrims defied the cold weather to take a holy dip at Ganga Sagar, the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on Makar Sankranti. The event, marked by chanting ...

About 65 lakh pilgrims from across the country have visited Sagar island to take a holy dip at the confluence of river Ganga and the Bay of Bengal during the Ganga Sagar Mela, West Bengal Minister for ...

Devotees from across India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh took a dip at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal. The Sagar Island or Sagardwip lies in the Ganga Delta. Photographs: PTI Photo.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed Ganga Sagar Mela to be held in West Bengal. However, it directed that a committee be set up to recommend to the State a ban on entry to the Sagar Island, ...

BARUIPUR: Several safety arrangements are being made to host the Ganga-Sagar Mela amid the COVID-19 pandemic, besides the authorities are also planning to send the holy water to the devotees by post ...

With 1,649 villages on the banks of the Ganga — from Gomukh to Ganga Sagar — BJP knows well that inroad into these villages would help the party tap around 43% population of 11 states dependent on the ...

The Ganga Sagar Mela ended in controversy with the local CPM legislator demanding that the annual festival be handed over to the Centre. CPM MLA Provanjan Mondal said if the Centre controls the Mela, ...