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 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 ...

It is believed that a dip in the Ganga at Sagar Island during this auspicious time is equivalent to the merit of performing 100 Ashwamedha Yagnas (a grand Vedic ritual). Gangasagar Mela is ...

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 state government had made several elaborate arrangements for the saints and also for common people who visit Sagar Island for the holy dip. A family from Maharashtra confirmed to FPJ that this ...

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 ...

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 ...