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Gangasagar Mela rituals on Sagar Island during Makar Sankranti, featuring devotees participating in traditional Gau Puja and Gau Daan ceremonies. This footage captures pilgrims gathered around a decorated cow on the sandy shores of Gangasagar during the annual pilgrimage festival. Women in traditional sarees and other devotees are seen performing prayers, offering ritual items, and taking part in ceremonies associated with cow worship, an important spiritual practice in Hindu tradition. The ritual is connected with beliefs surrounding the symbolic crossing of the mythical Vaitarani River, where touching or holding the tail of a sacred cow is considered spiritually significant and associated with attaining moksha, or liberation. The surrounding beach area is filled with pilgrims visiting th
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