Gangasagar Mela, 'bigger than Kumbh', should be given national fair status: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that Gangasagar Mela is «bigger than Kumbh Mela» and thus the Centre should accord national fair status to it. She said that the Centre provides thousands of crores of rupees for holding the Kumbh Mela, but the West Bengal government has to make all provisions
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for the annual Gangasagar Mela, held at Kapil Muni temple at the confluence of river Ganga and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
«We have been trying to get the national fair status for the Gangasagar Mela in vain for the last 10 years,» Banerjee said after inaugurating the fair from Outram Ghat transit point on the bank of river Ganga (Hooghly) here.
«This is no less than Kumbh Mela, but is bigger than that,» she said adding that announcements will be made at the fair site in various languages for pilgrims coming from all corners of the country.
She said that it is easy to reach Kumbh Mela by road, air and train, but it is very difficult to go to Sagar Island, which is situated around 130 km from Kolkata, since the pilgrims have to cross a river by ferry on the way.
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