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Fairs
- India Rajasthan Pushkar Fair
Pushkar
Camel Fair : Pushkar Fair the world's largest camel fair is
celebrated in the month of November(Kartik). Famous Pushkar is situated
11 Km to the north-west of Ajmer in the state of Rajasthan. Pushkar is
the holy pilgrimage of Hindu. Devotees bath in the lake to wash away the
lifetime sins. It is believe that the Lord Brahma created the holy lake
of Pushkar. When demon Vajra Nabha killed the children of Brahma, the
Brahma killed him by his weapon, lotus flower. The petals of lotus
flower fell at Pushkar also. Pushkar is also the place of Brahma temple.
More to come..... Kumbh Mela
Story
of Kumbh Mela : The story of Kumbh Mela is related to pot of
Nectar described in ancient Vedic scriptures known as Puranas. Once gods
and demons decided to churn the milk ocean to produce nectar and shared
it equally. They all were agreed to share it and drunk it. Finally the
Mandara Mountain used as churning rod, Vasuki worked as rope for
churning. But the Mandara Mountain sunk, so the Vishnu incarnated as a
big tortoise and supported it. This process tooks thousand years to
churned the milk ocean. The churning of the milk ocean produced deadly
poison and it was drunk by Lord Shiva so we call him "Nil Kunth".
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few drops of poison fell on the body of snakes, scorpions and other
deadly animals. After Shiva drank the poison, surabhi cow, Uccaihsrava
horse, white elephant named Airavata, Kaustubha-mani appeared. Finally
the nectar pot came out from the ocean. Gods and Demons started fighting
after seeing the nectar pot. Gods thought demons will be more powerful
than us and never die if they drunk nectar. During the fight, the drops
of nectar fells in Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain, Nashik. Again Vishnu
incarnated himself as a beautiful woman to attract the demons. The
demons really forgetted everything after seeing her. In the meantime
gods drunk the nectar pot and they became the powerful.It takes place only when the planet Jupiter enters Aquarius and the Sun enters Aries. The sanskrit meaning of Kumbh is "pot or pitcher". Kumbh Mela : Places 
Prayag :Prayag(Allahabad)
is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The meeting place of the three
river Ganga, Yamuna & Saraswati.Haridwar :It is also located in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The ganga enters here from the Himalayas. Ujjain :It is located in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The mela organises on the bank of Shipra river. Nasik :It is located in the state of Maharashtra. The mela organises on the bank of Godavari river. Bihar Sonepur Fair
Sonepur
Cattle Fair : Famous for the cattle fair specially for the
elephants. A person can buy elephants, camels, goats, buffaloes, horses
etc. in this fair. It is Asia's largest cattle fair. Sonepur is located
in the state of Bihar in Saran district. Millions of devotees came here
for the worship in Harihar Temple. The mythological fair is started on
Kartik Purnima day in the month of November. The devotees worships in
Harihar Temple after taking bath in the river Shaligrami(Gandak). The
fair ground is full of crowd during the cattle fair. Thousands of people
comes to sale the animals. Sonepur is also famous for longest railway
platform. Its length is 2,415 feet. Dadri Mela
Dadri
Cattle Fair : A famous a largest cattle fair celebrated at
Dadri, 5 kms from the famous Balia town in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
It is also a cattle fair like Rajasthan Pushkar Fair & Sonepur
Cattle Fair. It is started in the month of October-November from "Kartik
Purnima" and this fair is celebrated for 2 week. People from the
far area gather here to buy and sell the cattle. 
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