Close to 26 lakh devotees have arrived on Sagar Island on the occasion of Gangasagar Mela to take a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal on occasion of Makar Sankranti.
Sagar Island:
Also known as: Gangasagar or Sagardwip.
Location: It is an Island in the Ganges delta, lying on the continental shelf of Bay of Bengal. This Island falls under South 24 Parganas District in West Bengal.
Flora and fauna: Although Sagar island is a part of Sunderban Administration, it does not have any tiger habitation or mangrove forests or small river tributaries as is characteristic of the overall sunderban delta.
Ganga Sagar Mela:
Sagar island is a place of Hindu pilgrimage.
Every year on the day of Makar Sankranti, hundreds of thousands of Hindus gather to take a holy dip at the confluence of river Ganges and Bay of Bengal and offer prayers (puja) in the Kapil Muni Temple.
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