Hindu pilgrims began their journey home on Wednesday after the final day of the Ganga Sagar annual fair in eastern India. The ...

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A family of pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh arrives on the beach at Sagar Island on Tuesday Photographs by the author Climate change has left a significant imprint on the 2025 edition of Gangasagar Mela ...

Indian devotees gathered Monday to take a holy dip in the Bay of Bengal on the second day of the annual Ganga Sagar Fair in eastern India. The fair, held during Makar Sankranti, is a major Hindu ...

Lakhs of pilgrims from across India have arrived at the Sagar island in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district to take a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion ...

All the 95 fishermen from South 24 Parganas in West Bengal, who were arrested in Bangladesh in October and November 2024, reached Sagar Island in the eastern state, on Monday, a day after they were re ...

She will felicitate fishermen on Monday while she will be visiting Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district to oversee the preparedness for the annual Gangasagar Mela. The official further said ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who will be visiting Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district on Monday (January 6, 2024) to oversee the preparedness for the annual Gangasagar Mela ...

Kolkata: Around 350 workers are now rushing against time to fill 63,000 cubic metres of earth and reclaim land at Sagar Island before chief minister Mamata Banerjee's visits to the island on Jan 6 ...

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 ...