After almost a week of religiosity on the southernmost tip of Sagar island in West Bengal, the Ganga Sagar Mela drew to a close on Tuesday. The West Bengal government has described the annual ...

Kolkata, Jan. 15 -- Lakhs of pilgrims defied the cold weather to take a holy dip at Ganga Sagar, the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on Makar Sankranti. The event, marked by chanting ...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her government would build a five-km-long bridge over a river connecting the mainland with the Sagar Island, where the annual ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 26 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wished everyone a Happy New Year on Thursday and announced that January 1 would be a holiday, as it marks ...

The itinerary includes visits to Ayodhya, Baidyanath, Gangasagar, Gaya, Kolkata, Konark, Puri, and Varanasi. Witness the divine aura of Vishnupad Temple, Baidyanath Temple, Jagannath Temple, Konark ...

A family of pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh arrives on the beach at Sagar Island on Tuesday Photographs by the author Climate change has left a significant imprint on the 2025 edition of Gangasagar Mela ...

After our darshan, I was moving with the others towards a large banyan tree under which Swamiji was about to begin his sermon of the day: the story of Ganga Sagar. The sun was strong but the tree’s ...

Purba Bardhaman: Ten people, including two women and eight men, were killed, and 25 were injured after a bus accident in East Burdwan in West Bengal on Friday, said authorities. Taposh Ghosh, ...

West Bengal Chief Minister on Tuesday said her government would build a five-km-long bridge over a river connecting the mainland with the Sagar Island, where the annual Gangasagar Mela is held, since ...