Thousands of people took a holy dip in river Hooghly on the occasion of Makar Sankranti today. People started gathering on the banks of Hooghly to take a dip early morning today. The pilgrims ...

Kolkata: Lakhs of pilgrims on Tuesday took holy dip ... Hooghly river with Bay of Bengal) but also at Hooghly river in Kolkata on the occasion of ‘Makar Sankranti’. Braving cold, people ...

A tradition credited to Adi Shankaracharya, people pray to the sun and take a ... early morning holy dip in the river and offer prayers to the sun. Why is Black used in Makar Sankranti?

Kumbha Sankranti is the day when the Sun is in the transit from Makar ... take bath in holy water of the River Ganga on this day to achieve Moksha. The devotee should pray with a clean heart and ...

especially at the confluence of holy rivers. Makar Sankranti is also a harvest festival. It is a time of celebration and expressing thanks to Mother Earth or nature when winter starts to recede.

Ganga Sagar Snan, also famous as ‘Ganga Sagar Mela’ or ‘Ganga Sagar Yatra’ is a significant gathering of the Hindu pilgrims during the auspicious time of ‘Makar Sankranti ... at this place to take a ...