Sagar Island

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Sagar Island is a large inhabited riverine island at the mouth of the Ganges in West Bengal, India, known as a major Hindu pilgrimage site for the annual Gangasagar Mela.

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Sagar Island canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu pilgrimage site ⓘ
inhabited place ⓘ
river island ⓘ
accessMethod road and ferry from mainland West Bengal ⓘ
administrativeStatus part of Sagar Community Development Block ⓘ
country India ⓘ
countrySubdivision state of West Bengal ⓘ
distanceFromKolkata about 100 kilometers south ⓘ
governingBody Government of West Bengal ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice annual Gangasagar fair ⓘ
hasEvent Gangasagar Mela ⓘ
linked to: Ganga Sagar Mela
hasMajorSettlement Gangasagar ⓘ
linked to: Ganga Sagar

Sagar ⓘ
hasReligiousStructure ashrams and dharamshalas for pilgrims ⓘ
hasShrine Kapil Muni Temple ⓘ
hasTemple Kapil Muni Temple ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure Sagar Island ferry services ⓘ
roads connecting to Kakdwip and Namkhana ferries ⓘ
knownFor Gangasagar Mela ⓘ
linked to: Ganga Sagar Mela

Hindu pilgrimage ⓘ
confluence of Ganga and Bay of Bengal ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf Ganges River ⓘ
linked to: Ganges
locatedIn South 24 Parganas district ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sagar CD block ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Ganges River delta ⓘ
locatedInClimateZone tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
locatedInCountryRegion eastern India ⓘ
locatedInRegion Bay of Bengal ⓘ
locatedNear Kakdwip ⓘ
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
partOf Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna delta ⓘ
Sundarbans region (broad geographic sense) ⓘ
linked to: Sundarbans
pilgrimageActivity holy dip at Ganga Sagar confluence ⓘ
pilgrimageSeason around Makar Sankranti ⓘ
religionSignificance Hinduism ⓘ
state West Bengal ⓘ
subjectTo coastal erosion ⓘ
cyclones ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +5:30 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South 24 Parganas district → contains → Sagar Island ⓘ
Ganga Sagar Mela → location → Sagar Island ⓘ
Kapil Muni Temple → locatedIn → Sagar Island ⓘ
Namkhana → locatedNear → Sagar Island ⓘ