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Naga Sadhus apply Ash all over their body as Ash from the cremation ground is considered to be the most sacred. They believe that Cremation grounds are the places that Shiva likes.
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English: Every year thousand of travelers, Sadhus, and pilgrims flock to Gangasagar in January to take the holy dip in the Ganges. Gangasagar Mela is the second biggest fair in India after Kumbha Mela which is celebrated on Sagardwip in West Bengal since as early as 400 BC.
Here is a glimpse of some of the pictures I took in Babughat, where a smaller version of Gangasagar mela, Gangasagar Transit Camp takes place every year in the month of January. Mythological significance and origin of Gangasagar(Source - Internet): Kapil muni, was the son of Kardam Rishi and Devahooti. Once, when he was meditating in his ashram, 60,000 sons of Emperor Sagar (of his wife Sumati) reached there in search of the lost horse meant for Ashvamedha sacrifice. The horse was secretly kept there by lord Indra, which fact was unknown to both Kapil muni and the sons of Emperor Sagar. They found the horse over there and thought it to have been stolen by Kapil muni. They started to disturb and disregard the meditating muni, which made him greatly annoyed. So he burnt all the 60,000 sons of Sagar to ashes by his wrath and sent their souls to hell. Later on, Bhagirath, the great-grandson of Emperor Sagar, wanted to perform shraddh of his ancestors to help them to attain moksha. But, as Agastya muni drank all the water in the sea, shraddh ceremony could not be held. Through deep prayer, Bhagirath satisfied lord Shiva to release the river Ganga from heaven to the labyrinth of his hair and from there to be fallen on earth. That is why lord Shiva is also called Gangadhar and Bhagirath is known to have brought Ganga Maiya onto the earth. With Ganga Jal (water of river Ganga) shraddh of 60,000 deceased sons of Emperor Sagar could be performed, and their souls were freed and ascended to heaven by attaining moksha. However, Ganga maiya, by all her kindness, stayed back on earth. The confluence of river Ganga with Sagar is called Ganga Sagar, where the temple of Kapil muni is situated and so this Mela(fair) was started on the land where Kapil Muni had his ashram.
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