Fairs
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Fairs
Subject :History
Section : Art and Culture
PM mentioned fairs in his Mann Ki Baa
| Name | State | Salient features |
| Minjar Mela | Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. | Minjar is the most popular fair of Chamba which is attended by a large number of people from all over the country. This mela is held on the second Sunday of the Shravana month. The fair is announced by distribution of Minjar which is a silk tassel worn on some parts of the dress by men and women alike. This tassel symbolises the shoots of paddy and maize which make their appearance around this time of the year. |
| Sair | Himachal Pradesh | Celebrated to mark the end of the harvest season, Sair is a cultural festival that is observed in many parts of Himachal like Kullu, Solan, Mandi. However, if you want to experience this famous cultural festival of India in its full glory then you need to head to Shimla |
| Jagra | Shimla and Simour ,Himachal Pradesh | Bisu songs are sung after invoking the deity of Mahasu. This awakening of MahasuDevta takes place in Himachal at Shimla, Kinnaur and Sirmaur; simultaneously in Uttarakhand |
| Mawli Mela | Chhattisgarh | |
| Samakka-Saralamma Jatara Fair | Telangana | SammakkaSarakkaJathara is the largest tribal religious congregation in the world, held every two years (biennially), with approximately ten million people converging on the place, over a period of four days, which is located about 90 km from Warangal city. The SammakkaSarakkaJatra is a State Festival of Telangana. Many tribal devotees from different states of India (M.P, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Maharashtra, Karnataka and parts of Jharkhand) reach this festive place to celebrate the Jathara. People offer bangaram/gold (jaggery) of a quantity equal to their weight to the goddesses and take holy bath in JampannaVagu (stream). It is a festival with no Vedic or Brahminic influence. |
| Maridamma fair | Maridamma temple is located in Peddapuram taluk in East Godavari district. Maridamma festival is celebrated for thirty-one days from the Amavasya in the month of Jyeshtha to the Amavasya in the month of Ashadha. Thousands congregate with dances like kolatoms and display physical feats and skills with sticks. | |
| ‘Siyawa ka Mela”Mankhan Ro Mela’ | Rajasthan | The people of the Garasiya tribe in Rajasthan organize ‘Siyawa ka Mela’ or ‘Mankhan Ro Mela’ on Vaishakh Shukla Chaturdashi |