Fairs in Birbhum
fair birbhum refers many fair take place birbhum district indian state west bengal birbhum large primarily rural district dotted small town many small town market held specific day week agricultural produce product cottage industry found wide range customer many travelled long distance attend market fair mela bengali spread right across district thought extension concept market place trade business also meeting place people arena cultural exchange largest notable fair poush mela held santiniketan three day poush baul mela held jaydev kenduli occasion poush sankranti makar sankranti start last day bengali calendar month poush continues magh occasion choitro sankranti fair organised last day bengali calendar month choitro continues three day kankalitala lakh pilgrim assemble patharchapuri fair held – choitro commemorating death anniversary data saheb apart major fair numerous fair held across district mentioned medini mela organised around time muharram shab e baraat near mazar shah abdullah kermani khustigiri emphasis fair catering need rural woman ur fair organised falgun langulia village suri police station falgun rajnagar fair organised buddha purnima day occasion dharmaraj puja kaddang village dharmaraj puja fair held several place – banashanka village buddha purnima day kandapur village shravani purnima day kurmitha village occasion asarhi purnima lebrashwar celebrates shiva gajan threeday fair village parui katna rongaipur etc celebrate brahmadaitya puja fair spread across several day early part magh khosnagar fair saraswati puja tarapith sport festive look round year special fair held occasion shukla chaturdashi month ashvin birchandrapur kilometre mi tarapith centre vaishnava pilgrimage organises fair rath yatra goshtaastami birth anniversary nityananda celebrated aradhanar mela month magh area also known ekachakra place pandavas spent time anonymity shivaratri mela organised dabuk boast tallest shiva temple birbhum shibgram mayureswar police station organises fair makar sankranti brahmadaitya mela organised magh bank ramsagar dheka weeklong fair organised kaleswar occasion shivaratri falgun fair organised bank mayurakshi river suganpur occasion buddha purnima boisakh continues three month ur fair malang zakaria pir held – poush tildanga lohajang saheb pirer mela held bara village near lohapur – magh fair organised first three day poush honour sasan kali bumkotala western end rampurhat fair come alive singing dancing santals choitro sankranti fair held precinct dhamri kali bank brahmani river nalhati police station traditionally large number goat offered goddess sri gopaler mela held kaluha village occasion dol banbater mela held seven day starting day saraswati puja kurugram monthlong fair rudranagar near chatra organised occasion basanti puja display work local craftsman fair organised occasion kali puja – day jajigram chandidas mela organised bank denta pukur nanoor week–long radhamadhab mela organised choitro charkalgram near nonoor three–day fair organised occasion saraswati puja hetampur magh mela sriniketan basically fair displaying rural craft sri sri ramakrishna ashram organises abhedananda mela dubrajpur december netaji subhas mela held day magh around raksha kali temple outskirt sainthia famous barabaganer mela suri closed long ago similarly vivekananda mela sarada mela also closed