Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A ferry operating between Howrah and Kolkata with Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) in background. The Bhāgirathi-Hooghly river system is an essential lifeline for the people of West Bengal. It was through this river that the East India company sailed into Bengal and established their trade settlement, Calcutta, the capital of British India.
Many travel agencies offer Gangasagar Mela Packages that include: Transportation: From Kolkata to Gangasagar and back. Accommodation: Arrangements in hotels, lodges, or tents. Guided Tours: Assistance for rituals and temple visits. Meals: Often includes vegetarian food and snacks. For a Gangasagar Mela package booking, visit this page.
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]
Ferry services are available from Babughat to Howrah, Chandpal Ghat, Telkal Ghat and Bally. [5] [6] Babughat Bus Terminus. Also just outside the ghat is a bus terminus. Babughat is one of the main bus termini in the Kolkata apart from two others located at Esplanade and Howrah station. [7]
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.
Soon, it covered almost the whole state and connected the district headquarter towns. In the year 1989, a new body was formed, named West Bengal Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited, for the operation of Vessel services. It started with the Ferry Service on the Hooghly River and the Muriganga rivers. Later this was merged into West Bengal ...
The Ganga Sagar Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Sealdah and Jaynagar in India. It is currently being operated with 13185/13186 train numbers on Daily basis. It includes coaches of First AC, AC two tier, AC three tier, and sleeper class,& General Coaches but does not include a pantry car.
Sagar Island is an island in the Ganges delta, lying on the continental shelf of Bay of Bengal about 100 km (54 nautical miles) south of Kolkata.This island forms the Sagar CD Block in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.