According to scientists, an exponential increase in the number of pilgrims coming to the Ganga Sagar Mela, which takes place at the Sagar Island every year during Makar Sankranti, has been responsible for the worsening water pollution.
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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