Devotees from across India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh took a dip at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal. The Sagar Island or Sagardwip lies in the Ganga Delta. Photographs ...

Ganga Sagar Snan, also famous as ‘Ganga Sagar Mela’ or ‘Ganga Sagar Yatra’ is a significant gathering of the Hindu pilgrims during the auspicious time of ‘Makar Sankranti’. It is an annual observance ...

“The Ganga Sagar Mela is being held before the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22 and thus the Trinamool Congress wants to use the success of the event for political ...

Kapil Muni then cursed the boys and turned them into ashes. Bhagirath, the grandson of King Sagar meditated for years and requested river Ganga to flow down over the ashes of his ancestors. Ganga ...

“You are not getting Ganga Jal from Gomukh here. What you are predominantly getting in Calcutta or in Ganga Sagar is a combination of treated and untreated sewage and industrial effluents. The Ganga ...

Visiting Ghoramara for the first time, Pranabesh Maity, a resident of a nearby island, Ganga Sagar, drops in at a primary school to find out the drop-out rate of students. Sabyasachi Pradhan ...

2018 11:00 AM IST 20 people injured as bus overturns Union Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti has said the Ganga River would be completely clean in 10 years, adding that a proper framework has ...