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Amit Shah to be in Bengal again this week, lunch with refugee family
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Tue, Feb 16 2021 21:33 IST |
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Amit Shah to be in Bengal again this week, lunch with refugee family . Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 16 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be visiting poll-bound West Bengal again this week to energise party cadres to fulfil the BJP s goal of winning over 200 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections.
Shah s two day trip slated for February 18-19 is part of the regular visits he has planned to keep up the momentum for the strategy chalked up by the party in the state.
A large number of devotees took the holy dip at Gangasagar on the occasion of Makar Sankranti at the confluence of River Ganga and the Bay of Bengal. They performed other rituals and offered prayers at the Kapil Muni temple. According to the authorities, over 15 lakhs pilgrims arrived at the Gangasagar Mela and took the holy dip over the last few days. All devotees were advised to follow the COVID-19 safety protocols maintained by the police and volunteers. West Bengal minister Subrata Mukherjee told 10.90 lakh people underwent screening test for coronavirus and another 36,600 pilgrims were subjected to rapid antigen test. Of these people, only six have tested positive for the virus and they are under treatment, the minister said adding that the patients are doing fine. "So far, more than two lakh people have availed the facility of e-snan (e-bathing) and around 51 lakh people from across the country have opted for e-darshan (e-visit)," he said. Devotees throng Gangasagar Me
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The passage of sun from the Tropic of Cancer to Capricorn popularly known as Makara Sankranti is perhaps the only festival celebrated all over India and even in different parts of the world with different nomenclatures, rituals and customs Post News Network
According to Hindu almanac, Makara Sankranti, one of the most auspicious days of Hinduism, marks the Sun’s transit into Makara rashi i.e. the Zodiac sign of Capricorn. The sun starts its northward sojourn or Uttarayana indicating the beginning of the longer and warmer days from the day of Makar Sankranti. However, Makara Sankranti tentatively occurs January 14. Though most of the Hindu festivals are dictated by lunar cycle, Makar Sankranti follows solar cycle. Therefore, the festival of Makara Sankranti is dedicated to the Surya Dev (Sun God), the infinite sources of light and energy that are the preconditions of the creation and preservation of life on earth.