Fairs in India

Fair

Description

• Largest gathering of Hindu pilgrims, celebrated every twelve years at four holy places Prayag (Allahabad), Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik.
• The grand event held by rotation, on the banks of the sacred river Godavari, Kshipra, Yamuna and The Gange.

• In Bihar, near Patna, on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak.
• Biggest cattle fair in Asia and world’s largest animal fair.
• Also known as the HariharChhetraMela
• Haathi Bazaar is one of the major attraction of the fairs, where elephants are lined up for sale.

• One of the world’s largest camel fairs, held (October-November) in the oldest city of Rajasthan “Pushkar”.
• The biggest fair of Rajasthan held on the banks of the Pushkar Lake.

• A religious fair and one of the most auspicious Occasions for the of Buddhist community in India.
• The grand fair held at the world’s famous HemisGompa “the biggest Buddhist monastery” located in Ladakh.
• The famous HemisGompa is surrounded by mountain rocks and concealed inside the Hemis National Park.

• Also known as Kapil Muni Fair is the another largest cattle fair held in Bikaner district of Rajasthan.
• The major attraction of the fair is when thousands of devotees take a sacred dip and put several lit oil lamps to float in the calm waters of the Kolayat lake.

• Also known as Magha SaptamMela, A grand fair is held at Khandagiri near Bhubaneswar Orissa.
• During the seven day fair thousands of pilgrims gather to bathe in the holy Chandrabhaga River.

• Second largest congregation of mankind after the holy Kumbha Mela.
• The big religious fair held annually where the holy river Gange meet the Bay of Bengal in West Bengal.

• The three-day traditional fair is organized every year during monsoon in the Kamakhya temple at Guwahati, Assam.

• Most popular tribal fair held in Dungarpur district in Rajasthan.
• This is a religious fair with simple and traditional rituals to worship the Lord Shiva.

• The world’s third largest annual conglomeration of books and world’s largest non-trade book fair.