Ganga Sagar Kshetra - Ganga-Sagara Sangam and Kapila Muni Ashram

• Meditation:

1. देवि सुरेश्वरि भगवति गङ्गे त्रिभुवनतारिणि तरलतरङ्गे ।
शङ्करमौलिविहारिणि विमले मम मतिरास्तां तव पदकमले ॥
- Ganga Stotram - verse 1 (River Ganga merges with the Sea at Ganga Sagar)

Ganga Sagar, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal

Ganga Sagar, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal

Kapil Muni Ashram, Ganga Sagar, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal

► Sages: I meditate on the Kapil Muni Ashram of Ganga-Sagara (located where river Ganga merges with the Sea of Bay of Bengal).

• Stotra: Ganga Stotram (River Ganga merges with the Sea at Ganga Sagar)
(South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal)

• Greatness:

• Ganga Sagar is a Ganga Sthalam (Pilgrimage of Ganga):
- Devi Ganga as river Ganga merges with the Ocean (Sagara) in this place.
- King Bhagaratha (and his ancestors) performed penance and brought river Ganga to this place after descent from the celestial region.

• Ganga Sagar is also a Rishi Sthalam (Place of Rishis):
- Sage Kapila had his hermitage in this place (Kapil Muni Ashram). Kapil Muni is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He delivered the 60000 sons of king Sagara (with the touch of river Ganga) in this place who were earlier reduced to ashes by his anger.

• Sacred Geography:

◉ Ganga - Sagara Sangam (Confluence)
◼ Kapil Kund

• Puranic Events:

1. Ganga - Sagara Sangam: Ganga Sagar is the holy confluence where river Ganga merges with the Ocean (Sagara). King Bhagaratha (and his ancestors) performed penance and brought river Ganga to this place after descent from the celestial region.

2. Kapil Muni Ashram: The Kapil Muni Ashram is at Ganga Sagar. Kapil Muni is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He delivered the 60000 sons of king Sagara (with the touch of river Ganga) in this place who were earlier reduced to ashes by his anger.

• Temples (Summary):

• Devi:
- Devi Ganga

• Sages:
- Kapil Muni

• Puranic References:

• Srimad Bhagavatam (About Incarnation of Lord Vishnu as sage Kapila)

• Location:

• Ganga Sagar is located in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

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