Record one crore pilgrims at Ganga Sagar Mela: West Bengal Government
The Hindu
The West Bengal Government on January 15 claimed that pilgrims visiting the Ganga Sagar Mela this year have surpassed all the previous records with about one crore pilgrims visiting the Sagar Island till 3 p.m. on January 15.
The West Bengal Government on January 15 claimed that pilgrims visiting the Ganga Sagar Mela this year have surpassed all the previous records with about one crore pilgrims visiting the Sagar Island till 3 p.m. on January 15.
“This is the highest-ever gathering for any mela in the country. By 3 p.m. on January 15 about one crore pilgrims had visited the island,” said Arup Biswas, Minister of State for Power, Sports and Youth Affairs and Housing in the West Bengal government.
The Minister said that the last year in 2023, the number of pilgrims visiting the island was about 80 lakh and because of improved arrangements the figures have touched one crore this year.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 11, 2024, had said that “almost one crore pilgrims had visited the Ganga Sagar Mela and this year it is likely to surpass the number”.
Lakhs of people visit Sagar island to take a dip at the confluence of river Ganga with the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
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The claims of one crore pilgrims arriving on Sagar Island with a population of about 2.13 lakh in seven days from January 8 to January 15 do not have many takers not only among the political parties in the Opposition but also among political observers.
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