West Bengal Ministers brief media on Gangasagar Mela 2025 preparations, highlighting religious significance and erosion ...

The fair, held during Makar Sankranti, is a major Hindu pilgrimage where thousands of devotees gather at Sagar Island to bathe in the sacred waters of the Ganga River before it merges with the Bay ...

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 ...

The Indian Meteorological Department has confirmed that the temperature at Sagar Island in the morning hours has been unusually warm this year “The temperature in the morning hours of the Makar ...

Lakhs of people visit Sagar island to take a dip at the confluence of river Ganga with the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. The claims of one crore pilgrims arriving on Sagar ...

Kapil Muni then cursed the boys and turned them into ashes. Bhagirath, the grandson of King Sagar meditated for years and requested river Ganga to flow down over the ashes of his ancestors. Ganga ...

Holy dip, puja rituals and consumption of sweets highlights of auspicious day marking rare alignment of Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter in night sky My Kolkata Web Desk Published 14.01.25, 07:24 PM ...

Kolkata/UNI: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday gave green light to Ganga Sagar Mela at Sagar island where several thousand pilgrims would take a holy dip tomorrow, on the day of Makarsankranti. | ...

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 hymns ...