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SAGAR or See also:SAUGOR See also:ISLAND, an island at the mouth of the See also:Hugli See also:river, in the Twenty-four Parganas See also:district of See also:Bengal . The word means " See also:sea "; and, as being the See also:place where the sacred stream of the See also:Ganges is believed to mingle with the ocean, the island is one of the most frequented places of See also:Hindu See also:pilgrimage in all See also:India, the See also:time for the greatest See also:annual gathering being in See also:January . On the seaward See also:face is a lighthouse, and farther out are the Sandheads, the cruising-ground of the See also:Calcutta pilots . |
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