Gangasagar Mela 2020

Then we proceeded to Kulpi . The picture below is the Panchayat office at Kulpi Bazar.

Then we went to a nursery on our way to the banks of river Ganges at Kulpi. The nursery is midway from the Kulpi Zero point to the Ganges. Below are the pics of the nursery; it's a vast expanse of land of flora and fauna.

Next stop was the Ganges at Kulpi..........

We returned to Kulpi Bazar and stayed the night there.

There were many such projectors along the National Higway leading to Kakdwip for the purpose of Gangasagar tourism.

Next day,on 15th Jan 2020 at noon we started our journey for the Gangasagar........

This is Lot No.8 Jetty at Kakdwip,from where we had to embark on a ferry to cross the Ganges and to reach the other side which is known as Kachuberia

Nearing Kachuberia.......

Stepped foot on Kachuberia

This is Kachuberia Bus stand,a 30 km bus journey will take us to Sagar

Reached Sagar......... folk song going on......

Sagar beach......... we went through a Hindu burning ghat on the beach to the main bathing area.It was a short route as told to us by locals.

The Holy bathing location......the waters of Sagar

Next stop was Kapil Muni Ashram,the icon of Gangasagar. A road goes straight from the beach to the Temple.

Naga Sadhus nearby the temple

After leaving the temple we took our dinner and continued exploring.....

Bharat Sevashram Volunteer's station

We rested our tired legs here for a few minutes and started our return leg of the journey .

The ferry services at this part of the land isn't available all the time. Ferry crossings takes place only at high tides. So proper knowledge of ferry timings are a must otherwise a big gap will be waiting for you.