In pics: Deluge of devotees, lit-up Kapil Muni Ashram and more at Gangasagar Mela 2023
In pics: Deluge of devotees, lit-up Kapil Muni Ashram and more at Gangasagar Mela 2023
Lakhs of pilgrims have arrived at Sagar Island to take a holy dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti
My Kolkata Web Desk
Published 14.01.23, 06:25 PM
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A puja in progress at Gangasagar Mela, 2023 on Saturday. On the occasion of Makar Sankranti, lakhs of pilgrims arrived at South 24 Parganas’ Sagar Island to take the holy dip
All images by Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
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A glimpse of the sea of devotees who have come to attend Gangasagar Mela this year
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A man helps an elderly woman take a dip. Even as the auspicious timing to take the dip begins from 6.50pm on Saturday, countless braved the chilly weather and offered prayers at the Kapil Muni Ashram
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Devotees arrive at the festival
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People get ready to offer prayers
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A woman and a 'sadhu' at the mela
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The 10-day festival began on January 8, 2023. Signposts, banners and hoardings written in Hindi have been specially arranged to facilitate large number of Hindi-speaking pilgrims at the Gangasagar Mela
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Puja and rituals in progress. Personnel of the Coast Guard and disaster management teams have stepped up vigil along the coastline, while police and civil defence volunteers were deployed at the fairground
