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Gangasagar Pilgrimage Gangasagar Pilgrimage- better known as "Gangasagar Mela" is the biggest attraction for hundreds of pilgrims and tourists during Makar Sankranti (mid-January). It is the biggest fair  held in West Bengal at Sagardwip, an island in the Sunderbans. Every year thousands of pilgrims from all over India from different castes and creed attend this fair to take a holy dip at the confluence of the River Ganges and Bay of Bengal. If you want to be a part of this fair, you don’t have to be a pilgrim; lovers of adventure find this an amazing place too. It’s a new experience altogether.  Sagar Island is an island in the Ganges  Delta, lying on the continental  shelf  of Bay of Bengal  about 100 km   south of Kolkata.  This Island under South 24 Parganas District in India State West Bengal.  The island is large — with an area of 224.3 km², lying between 21°36’ to 21°56’ north latitude and 88°2’ to 88° 11’ east latitude. It has 43 villages and a population of o