Editorial photo #10903200 Religion and Belief

Gangasagar Mela 2024

Hindu pilgrims are eating a meal at a camp organized by a social organization at the transit camp on their way to Gangasagar in Kolkata, India, on January 10, 2024. Thousands of Hindu pilgrims are preparing to take the annual holy dip at Gangasagar, where the Ganges River meets the Bay of Bengal, on the auspicious day of the Makar Sankranti festival, which falls on January 14. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #10903200
Date taken: 10 January 2024
Location: —
Photographer: Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto
Category: Religion and Belief

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