Ganga Sagar Island is an island in the Ganges delta, lying on the Continental Shelf of the Bay of Bengal about 100 km south of Kolkata. This island forms the Sagar CD Block in the Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Thousands of Pilgrims make their way to Sagardwip, every year in mid-January, to take a holy dip in the river during the Ganga Sagar Fair on Makar Sankranti Day.
When you visit the Ganga Sagar you will come across that there are some cultural programs that are organized by local communities and are worth watching.
The Mela will start one week in advance, this year it will start on 8th January. Though the exact date of holy snan is on 14th January, but people take holy baths on the 13th and 15th instant also.
Due to Covid 19 being on rising, so this year's Ganga Sagar Snan and Mela will be held maintaining the Covid protocol strictly.
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