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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Contending with the Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj, the organisers of the Gangasagar Mela, held at the confluence of the Ganga with the ... parts of the State to Sagar island, including about ...

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 ...