Lakhs Expected To Attend West Bengal's Gangasagar Mela

After two years of the Covid pandemic, the Gangasagar Mela 2023 is being organised in West Bengal from January 8 to January 17 around the time of the Makar Sankranti festival. The pilgrims have already started pouring for the festival and take a holy dip in the Ganga river. During the Covid pandemic, the mela which has been organised every year to mark Makar Sankranti in Gangasagar island faced a lot of restrictions due to which a large number of pilgrims could not participate in the festivities.