Editorial photo #11927798 Religion and Belief

Gangasagar Mela 2025

A holy man smokes marijuana to escape from the cold at the transit camp of the Gangasagar Fair in Kolkata, India, on January 8, 2025. Gangasagar Mela is a fair and festival in Hinduism, held every year at Gangasagar in West Bengal at the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal. The fair takes place every year on Makar Sankranti at Kapilmuni's ashram located on the Gangasagar. Gangasagar Mela is the second largest Hindu fair after Kumbh Mela. (Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #11927798
Date taken: 8 January 2025
Location: —
Photographer: Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto
Category: Religion and Belief

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