Want to know when Bishnupur Mela and Bishnupur Utsav starts every year ? Are you looking for main features of the mela. From this article you will get detail information about Bishnupur Mela and Bishnupur Utsav.
Bishnupur mela is a famous mela or fair of Bankura district. The fair is held in the last week of December every year. Location of this fair is near the Madanmohana Temple. The sub-division administration of Bishnupur with the help of Bankura district administration and Zilla Parishad organises this Bishnupur mela. Normally this mela starts on 23 December and continues upto 27 December.
Main attraction of Bishnupur mela is the exhibition and sale of handicrafts. Artisans and small traders of local areas as well as from other locations come to this mela with their products which are mainly handicrafts- sea-shell works, terracotta works and many more items. Thousands of people come from different locations.
A recent addition to the Bishnupur mela is the Bishnupur Utsav. Since 2008 Bishnupur Utsav is held in last two days of the Bishnupur mela. It is a classical music and dance festival of ‘Bishnupur Gharana’. The most interesting feature of this Bishnupur Utsav is that like Konark or Khajuraha festivel, this utsav is organised keeping the Raj Moncho of Bishnupur at background.
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