Every year many Sadhus from all over India reach Babughat on their way to Gangasagar (Sagar) to take a holy dip. Gangasagar is a place of Hindu pilgrimage. Every year on the day of Makar Sankranti (14 January), hundreds of thousands of Hindus gather to take a holy dip at the confluence of river Ganges and Bay of Bengal and offer prayers in the Kapil Muni Temple.
The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee urged the pilgrims to follow Covid safety protocol due to the number of Covid and Omicron cases increasing rapidly. That's Why thermal screening, social distancing and covid testing was done here.