Banerjee, who had been demanding the status of 'national fair' for Gangasagar Mela, noted that 70 lakh pilgrims have taken holy dip at the congregation this year.
The official said that erosion in this part is natural and it happens due to the reduction of the tidal prism (the volume of water in an estuary between mean high tide and mean low tide), and associated chain effects, but...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be visiting the Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district
Two septuagenarian devotees died of heart attacks during the day, an official said. Another person died here on Friday.
Stating that the Centre has not paid any heed to her repeated requests to build a bridge over the Muri Ganga river to help pilgrims reach Sagar Island easily, Banerjee said her government is preparing a detailed project...
Banerjee was speaking at a virtual meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where chief ministers and lieutenant governors of states and Union Territories were present to review the COVID-19 situation in the country.
Keeping in mind the large number of Hindi-speaking pilgrims visiting the Gangasagar Mela
RT-PCR tests were conducted on the pilgrims as part of the measures to check the spread of the virus at Gangasagar Mela.
She requested pilgrims not to overcrowd vehicles in trying to reach Sagar Islands in South 24 Parganas district, to wear double masks and cooperate with the...
During the second wave, Kumbh Mela was called a 'super-spreader event'. Cut to 2022, will Gangasagar Mela be a mistake the country has been trying to evade?
The Gangasagar Mela is equally important as the Allahabad 'Kumbh Mela' but it is yet to get the national status, she said.
Thousands of pilgrims took the holy dip on Makar Sankranti at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal, and offered prayers at the Kapil Muni temple...
The Calcutta High Court asked the government to encourage pilgrims to opt for 'e-snan' to avoid crowding
Gangasagar festival held annually on Makar Sankranti at the Gangasagar Island, where 'Ganga' flows into the Bay of Bengal, in Kolkata
