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: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced that her govt would construct a 5-km-long Gangasagar Setu across the Muriganga river to connect the mainland with Sagar Island, where ...

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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 ...