This sacred place is primarily important for the Temple Of Kapil Muni, the great saint who according to myth was Lord Vishnu. Kapil Muni was the son of Kardam Muni. In the myth history it was said that Kardam Muni had to go through his marital life according to the directions of Lord Vishnu, but Muni agreed this under a condition & as per the condition Muni wished to Lord Vishnu to have him as his son. As per this condition Lord Vishnu had taken birth & named Kapil Muni. Kapil Muni's mythological story is related with the story of bringing the Holy River Ganga at this place. The mythological story is something like :- King Sagar, ruler of Ayodhya, had sixty thousand sons. The king was a powerful and fearless man and had defeated all the demons on Earth. One day, the king decided to perform an ancient horse ceremony called the 'Ashwamedha sacrifice' to show his supremacy. This involved setting a horse free to roam at will over the land and for it to return to him without being captured or attacked.

However, Lord Indra, the king of the gods, feared King Sagar's power and plotted against him. He kidnapped the horse and hid it outside the secluded dwelling of a wise old sage, Kopil Muni.

The sixty thousand sons searched the mountains, the rivers, the plains and the oceans for the horse. At last they came upon the sage's abode. Mistaking the sage as the kidnapper, they began to attack the house. Kapil Muni, deep in meditation, was interrupted by the disturbance. He opened his eyes in anger and used his fiery gaze to bum the sixty thousand princes and reduce them to ashes.

For many years, the sons' souls wandered as ghosts as their last rites had not been administered. Finally, one of King Sagar's grandchildren went in search of Kapil Muni to ask how their souls might be released. The sage advised him that the waters of the goddess Ganga, who resided in heaven, could cleanse their remains and they would be set free.

King Sagar prayed and pleaded to Ganga for several years. His grandson, then his great-grandson, then his great-great grandson tried ...It was his seventh generation descendent, Bhagiratha, who finally persuaded Ganga to descend to Earth.

As the Ganga rushed towards Earth, Bhagiratha prayed to Lord Shiva to help lessen the severity of the falling waters and prevent a catastrophe. Lord Shiva held out his long, matted hair and let the waters flow gently through it and land on the Himalayas in seven streams. These streams flowed into one to become the Ganges. King Sagar prayed and pleaded to Ganga for several years. His grandson, then his great-grandson, then his great-great grandson tried ...It was his seventh generation descendent, Bhagiratha, who finally persuaded Ganga to descend to Earth.

As the Ganga rushed towards Earth, Bhagiratha prayed to Lord Shiva to help lessen the severity of the falling waters and prevent a catastrophe. Lord Shiva held out his long, matted hair and let the waters flow gently through it and land on the Himalayas in seven streams. These streams flowed into one to become the Ganges. Bhagiratha led the river down to the sea, where it followed its own course and divided into one hundred mouths to form the mighty Ganges Delta. One of the streams reached the place where the ashes of the sixty thousand sons lay and freed their souls.

To this day, bathing in the Ganga is believed to wash away sins. People also bring the bones of their dead loved ones to place in the river or cremate their bodies at the river's edge and throw in the ashes. These actions are believed to lead to the salvation of the deceased.

The island situate at extreame southin dist - South in dist - south 24 Parganas, West Bengal , India. Lokshava - Mathurapur (SC), Vidhan sava - Sagar. The island is large — with an area of 224.3 km², lying between 21°36’ to 21°56’ north latitude and 88°2’ to 88° 11’ east latitude. Kachuberia to Gangasagar 30 Kms. About 40000 families inhabit In 47 villages, 9 Panchayet - Dhablat, Daspara Sumati-I, Daspra Sumati-III, Ganga Sagore, Ghoramara, Muriganga-I, Muriganga-II, Ramkarchar, Rudranagar and a population of over 2,12,000. The largest village is also named 'Ganga Sagar' or 'Gangasagar'. Literacy - 84.21%. College - 1.

Kakdwip 100 Km. > by toto rickshaw 8 Km., Lot 8 > by Vessel 3.5 Km. Kachuberia > by Bus, Taxi etc, Gangasagar 30 Km.
Namkhana 120 Km. > by toto rickshaw 2 Km., ferry ghat > by Lunch to Chemaguri 9 Km. > by Taxi, Toto rickshaw Gangasagar 16 Km.

RAILWAYS

• Innumerable trains are connecting to Howrah, Sealdah & Kolkata station from various parts of the country. Therefore reaching station should not be a problem.
• There is a State Transport Corporations or even private transport operators who can take you to the destination if you reach Howrah station or Outramghat, or Esplanade in Kolkata.
• There is also EMU train services which can be boarded at Sealdah southern section which will take you till Kakdwip. Once you reach Kardwip, any local auto rickshaws will take you to the Lot-8, destination.
• The other option is to take the jetties from Namkhana railway station.

Roadways

• In case you want to get a driving pleasure, you must reach Kolkata and then head towards Kardwip- NH 117 (via. Diamond Harbour Road) which will be a more comfortable route.
• Therefore if you are from Mumbai, Delhi or Chennai (taking the major cities into account) the following should help you
• Mumbai to Kolkata- via NH 53
• Delhi to Kolkata- via NH 19
• Chennai to Kolkata – via NH 16

Airways

• Land at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Dum Dum, Kolkata. After this, the same procedure for roadways can be followed.
• What’s great is that there are helicopter services operated Every Sunday by the West Bengal Government to reach Gangasagar from Behala Flying Club.

Cruiser Service

The cruise service will start at around 7 am from Millennium Park and will take about three hours to reach Kachuberia Jetty. On its return journey, the ship will then start at around 3.30 pm from Kachuberia Jetty to enter the Kolkata.