Millions of baby turtles are hatched on the eastern coast of India, on the current of the Bay of Bengal, in this touching video from May 9.

The Rushikulya beach on the eastern coast of India is seeing millions of turtle, some of which is unusually two-way. Millions of baby turtles are emerging from their sandy nests and striking out to try their might against the currents of the Bay of Bengal

The olive ridley sea turtle nests at several sites in the western Indian Ocean, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The single most important breeding area for olive ridleys in the Indian Ocean along the Bay of Bengal is Orissa. 

Large scale nesting of olive ridley turtles was taking place near the mouth of the Rushikulya river. This area is the location of one of the largest mass nesting (arribada) sites of olive ridley sea turtles in India.

There are several fishing villages near this important nesting site. Local fishers use various fishing methods including gill and drift nets. The villagers have known about the arribadas of olive ridley turtles since time immemorial.

Hindu mythology worships sea turtles as an incarnation of one the their gods. Thus, most fishing communities along the coast, do not consume turtle eggs or meat. Olive ridley sea turtles nest at this beach without any apparent threats from these local communities

The Gahirmatha, Devi and Rushikulya beaches in Odisha are famed for two remarkable events: thousands of female turtles coming in to nest, in February, followed by millions of hatchlings heading out into the sea after exactly 49 days in April.