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The Gangasagar pilgrimage and fair is the second largest congregation of mankind after the triennial ritual bathing of Kumbha Mela. [14] In 2007, about 300,000 pilgrims took the holy dip where the Hooghly meets the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. Almost five-hundred thousand pilgrims thronged Gangasagar in 2008. [15]
Gangasagar Mela (Bengali: গঙ্গাসাগর মেলা) is a mela and festival in Hinduism, held every year at Gangasagar, West Bengal, India. [2] The confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal is called the Gangasagar , the fair is held every year on Makar Sankranti at Kapilmuni's ashram located on the Gangasagar.
Gangasagara is a village in the Y N Hosakote Hobli of Pavagada taluk in Tumkur District, Karnataka, India. This place is approximately 200 kilometers away from Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka and situated near (2 km) to the state highway that connects Ballaari to Bengaluru. [1]
Kakdwip subdivision has full rural population. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta.The southern part of the delta has numerous channels and islands such as the Henry Island, Sagar Island, Frederick Island and Fraserganj Island.
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It has 1 panchayat samity, 9 gram panchayats, 147 gram sansads (village councils), 47 mouzas and 42 inhabited villages, as per District Statistical Handbook South Twenty-four Parganas. Sagar and Gangasagar Coastal police stations serve this CD Block. [8] Headquarters of this CD block is at Rudranagar - 743373. [9] Sagar CD block has 85 km of ...
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The single exception was in Two Bridges at the end of the historic Lower East Side, on a block that once served as home to Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and has been a landing spot for ...