Table of Contents
47 relations: Bangladesh, BBC News, Bengalis, Birmingham Mela, Boishakhi Mela, Bradford Mela, Cardiff Mela, Dhaka International Trade Fair, Edinburgh Mela, Ekushey Book Fair, Fair, Gangasagar Mela, Ganges, Gita Mahotsav, Haridwar, Haridwar Kumbh Mela, India, Indian subcontinent, Kapal Mochan, Kumbh Mela, List of largest peaceful gatherings, Mela Chiraghan, Mela Maghi, Middlesbrough Mela, MTNL Perfect Health Mela, Nashik, Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha, Nepal, Notting Hill Carnival, Parikrama, Prayag Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj, Pushkar Fair, Pushkaram, Ratha Yatra, Sagar Island, Sanskrit, Shaheedi Jor Mela, Sonepur Cattle Fair, South Asia, South Asian diaspora, Sri Muktsar Sahib, The Times, Ujjain, Ujjain Simhastha, United Kingdom, Yatra.
- Fairs in India
- Fairs in Pakistan
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Bengalis
Bengalis (বাঙ্গালী, বাঙালি), also rendered as endonym Bangali, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of South Asia.
Birmingham Mela
Birmingham Mela (also known as Sandwell & Birmingham Mela) is an annual South Asian themed cultural and music festival (Mela) held in Sandwell, bordering Birmingham, England.
Boishakhi Mela
The Boishakhi Mela (Fair of Boishakh) is a Bengali celebration (mela) which takes place outside of Bangladesh.
Bradford Mela
Bradford Mela is a large scale celebration principally of South Asian culture and was the first such event in Europe.
Cardiff Mela
The Cardiff Mela (also known as the Cardiff Multicultural Mela) is an annual large-scale outdoor multicultural festival, held in the city's Roald Dahl Plass, in Cardiff Bay.
Dhaka International Trade Fair
Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) (ঢাকা আন্তর্জাতিক বাণিজ্য মেলা) is an international trade fair in Bangladesh.
See Melā and Dhaka International Trade Fair
Edinburgh Mela
The Edinburgh Mela is an annual multi-cultural festival held in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is one of the 12 festivals that make up the Edinburgh Festival.
Ekushey Book Fair
The Ekushey Book Fair, officially called the Eternal Twentyfirst Book Fair, is the largest book fair in Bangladesh.
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Fair
A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities.
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Gangasagar Mela
Gangasagar Mela (গঙ্গাসাগর মেলা) is a mela and festival in Hinduism, held every year at Gangasagar, West Bengal, India. Melā and Gangasagar Mela are fairs in India and Hindu festivals.
Ganges
The Ganges (in India: Ganga,; in Bangladesh: Padma). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The -long river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
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Gita Mahotsav
Gita Mahotsav, Gita Jayanti, also known as Mokshada Ekadashi or Matsya Dvadashi is a Hindu observance that marks the day the Bhagavad Gita dialogue occurred between Arjuna and Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Melā and Gita Mahotsav are Hindu festivals and religious festivals in India.
Haridwar
Haridwar (formerly Mayapuri) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India.
Haridwar Kumbh Mela
Haridwar Kumbh Mela is a mela, associated with Hinduism and held in the city of Haridwar, India held every 12 years.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.
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Kapal Mochan
Kapal Mochan is an ancient place of pilgrimage for both Hindus and Sikhs, 17 km north-east of Yamunanagar city-Jagadhari town, on the Bilaspur road in Yamunanagar district, Haryana, India.
Kumbh Mela
Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism, On February 4, 2019, Kumbh Mela witnessed the largest public gathering. Melā and Kumbh Mela are fairs in India and Hindu festivals.
List of largest peaceful gatherings
This is a list of the largest historic peaceful gatherings of people in the world at one place for a single event.
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Mela Chiraghan
Mela Chiraghan or Mela Shalimar (میلہ چراغاں; "Festival of Lights") is a three-day annual festival to mark the urs (death anniversary) of the Punjabi poet and Sufi saint Shah Hussain (1538 1599) who lived in Lahore in the 16th century.
Mela Maghi
Mela Maghi (Punjabi: ਮੇਲਾ ਮਾਘੀ), held at the holy city of Sri Muktsar Sahib each year in January or the month of Magh according to Nanakshahi calendar and it is one of the most important melas or fairs of India and the most important of all religiously significant gatherings of the Sikhs. Melā and mela Maghi are religious festivals in India.
Middlesbrough Mela
The Middlesbrough Mela (also known as BoroMela!) is a free, annual two-day long multi-cultural festival and mela held in Middlesbrough, England and is one of the largest events of its kind in North East England.
See Melā and Middlesbrough Mela
MTNL Perfect Health Mela
The MTNL Perfect Health Mela is a five-day annual event centered around prevalent health issues and their prevention.
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Nashik
Nashik, Marathi: naːʃik, formerly Nasik) is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha
Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha is a Hindu religious mela held every 12 years in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, India. Melā and Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha are Hindu festivals.
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Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
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Notting Hill Carnival
The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual Caribbean Carnival event that has taken place in London since 1966, Notting Hill Carnival '13, London Notting Hill Enterprises Trust.
See Melā and Notting Hill Carnival
Parikrama
Parikrama or Pradakshina is clockwise circumambulation of sacred entities, and the path along which this is performed, as practiced in the Indic religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism.
Prayag Kumbh Mela
The Prayag Kumbh Mela, also known as Allahabad Kumbh Mela, is a mela, or religious gathering, associated with Hinduism and held in the city of Prayagraj, India, at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the mythical Sarasvati river. Melā and Prayag Kumbh Mela are Hindu festivals.
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Prayagraj
Prayagraj (ISO), also known as Allahabad or Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Pushkar Fair
The Pushkar Fair, also called the Pushkar Camel Fair or locally as Kartik Mela or Pushkar ka Mela is an annual multi-day livestock fair and cultural fête held in the town of Pushkar near Ajmer city in Ajmer district in (Rajasthan, India). Melā and Pushkar Fair are fairs in India.
Pushkaram
Pushkaram is an Indian festival dedicated to worshiping of rivers. Melā and Pushkaram are Hindu festivals and religious festivals in India.
Ratha Yatra
Ratha Yatra, or chariot festival, is any public procession in a chariot. Melā and Ratha Yatra are Hindu festivals.
Sagar Island
Sagar Island is an island in the Ganges delta, lying on the continental shelf of Bay of Bengal about 100 km (54 nautical miles) south of Kolkata.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
Shaheedi Jor Mela
Shaheedi Sabha (earlier Shaheedi jod Mela) is a three-day annual religious congregation (get-together) organised every year in December at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib, in the Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab, India to pay homage to the martyrdom of Chhotte Sahibzade Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh, the youngest sons of the 10th sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh. Melā and Shaheedi Jor Mela are fairs in India.
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Sonepur Cattle Fair
Sonepur Cattle Fair is held on Kartik Poornima (the full moon day) over the months of November and December in Sonepur, Bihar, on the confluence of river Ganges (Gandak). Melā and Sonepur Cattle Fair are fairs in India.
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South Asia
South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms.
South Asian diaspora
The South Asian diaspora, also known as the Desi diaspora, is the group of people whose ancestral origins lie in South Asia, but who live outside the region.
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Sri Muktsar Sahib
Sri Muktsar Sahib (/ʃriː ˈmʊktsər saːhɪb/) (often referred to as Muktsar (/ˈmʊktsər/)) is a historical city and district headquarters in Punjab, India.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
Ujjain
Ujjain (Hindustani pronunciation: ʊd͡ːʒɛːn, old name Avantika) or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
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Ujjain Simhastha
Ujjain Simhastha is a Hindu religious mela held every 12 years in the Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh, India. Melā and Ujjain Simhastha are Hindu festivals.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
Yatra
Yatra (lit), in Indian-origin religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, generally means a pilgrimage to holy places such as confluences of sacred rivers, sacred mountains, places associated with Hindu epics such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana, and other sacred pilgrimage sites.
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See also
Fairs in India
- 2019 Prayag Kumbh Mela
- Bandra Fair
- Chitra Vichitra Fair
- Fairs in Birbhum
- Gangasagar Mela
- Gwalior trade fair
- Harela Mela
- Kadalekai Parishe
- Kajali Teej Mela
- Kaleshwari Group of Monuments
- Kandhei Jatra
- Kumbh Mela
- Magh Mela
- Mamankam festival
- Mandi Shivaratri Fair
- Melā
- Minjar Mela
- Nara Narayan Mela
- Nauchandi Mela
- Numaish, Bijnor
- Poush Mela
- Pushkar Fair
- Ramkeli Mela
- Roshni mela
- Sammakka Saralamma Jatara
- Sati Pradha Mela
- Shaheedi Jor Mela
- Sitalsasthi
- Sonepur Cattle Fair
- Suket Fair
Fairs in Pakistan
References
Also known as Mela, Mela Festival.