Fairs in India

Hindu pilgrimage and festival celebrated in India

camel, horse, cattle trading fair with cultural events

Cattle fair held on Kartik Poornima in Sonepur, Bihar

200px|thumb|right|A procession of Akharas marching .....over a temporary bridge over the [[Ganges river, Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, 2001]]

annual fair and festival in Santiniketan

Hindu Shikh festivals

Shitalasasthi (also known as Sital sasthi) is a significant festival that celebrates the wedding of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. It is primarily observed by the Utkal Brahmins (commonly referred to as Odia Brahmins) and Aranyaka Brahmins (also known as Jhadua Brahmins). The festival has been celebrated for centuries and has its origins in Sambalpur, Odisha. It is believed to have begun around 400 years ago when the King of Sambalpur invited Utkal Srotriya Vaidika Brahmins from the Brahmin sasana villages of Puri district. The Brahmin community of Nandapada, considered one of the oldest grou

hindu fair celebrated in India

Māmānkam or Māmāngam was a duodecennial medieval fair held on the bank, and on the dry river-bed, of Pērār (River Nil̥a, River Ponnani, or Bhārathappuzha) at Tirunāvāya, southern India. The temple associated with the festival was Nava Mukunda Temple in Tirunavaya. It seems to have begun as a temple festival, analogous to the Kumbha Melas at Ujjaini, Prayaga, Haridwar and Kumbakonam.

a traditional festival celebrated every year in Odisha

Annual groundnut fair in Bangalore (Basavanagudi & Malleshwaram)

annual tribal fair held in northern Gujarat, India

annual religious congregation