IN PICS: Pilgrims Throng Gangasagar Mela In Bengal After Two Years Of Covid Restrictions

Pilgrims outside Gangasagar Kapilmuni Temple in South 24 Parganas on Friday, January 6, 2023. Each year pilgrims pour in from different parts of the country for the festival and take a holy dip in the Ganga river ahead of Makar Sankranti. (Source: ANI)

Pilgrims at the shore of the Ganga river during the Gangasagar Mela in South 24 Parganas. (Source: ANI)

Thousands of pilgrims gather on the shore of the Ganga river in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal to take a dip in the holy Ganga river. (Source: ANI)

Vendors at the Gangasagar Mela as people walk-by in South 24 Parganas on Friday, January 6, 2023. (Source: ANI)

Gangasagar Mela pilgrims at the shore overlooking Ganga river. (Source: ANI)