Ganga Sagar Mela

E499757
Hindu religious festival pilgrimage

Ganga Sagar Mela is a major annual Hindu pilgrimage and fair held at the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, attracting millions of devotees for ritual bathing and religious observances.

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Surface form Occurrences
annual Ganga Sagar Mela 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu religious festival ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ
associatedDeity Ganga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kapil Muni NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedTemple Kapil Muni Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
attracts Hindu pilgrims ⓘ
category Hindu festivals in West Bengal ⓘ
Religious pilgrimages in India ⓘ
climaticConditions coastal winter weather ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalContext part of Ganga worship traditions ⓘ
devoteesPerform offerings ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
religious observances ⓘ
estimatedAttendance millions of devotees ⓘ
features bazaar and fairground ⓘ
religious discourses ⓘ
temporary camps for pilgrims ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
governedBy Government of West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ganges River NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Sagar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
South 24 Parganas district NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRitual holy bath in the Ganges ⓘ
ritual bathing at the confluence ⓘ
nearbyMajorCity Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ
occursOnOrAround Makar Sankranti NERFINISHED ⓘ
pilgrimsComeFrom West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboring countries ⓘ
other Indian states ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
requires large-scale administrative arrangements ⓘ
safetyMeasuresInclude medical camps ⓘ
police deployment ⓘ
river and sea rescue teams ⓘ
significance considered highly auspicious for ritual bathing ⓘ
important Hindu pilgrimage site in eastern India ⓘ
transportAccess ferry services to Sagar Island ⓘ
road links from Kolkata region ⓘ
typeOfBathingSite tirtha (sacred ford) ⓘ
typicalMonth January ⓘ

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Ganga Sagar → knownFor → Ganga Sagar Mela ⓘ
Ganga Sagar → majorEvent → Ganga Sagar Mela ⓘ
this entity surface form: annual Ganga Sagar Mela