ગુજરાતના મેળા | Gujarat Na Mela | ગુજરાતનો સાંસ્કૃતિક વારસો
A five-day festival is held during Maha Shivaratri at the fort of
Girnar, Junagadh, known as the Bhavanth Mahadev Fair. The Kutch Festival or Rann Festival
is a festival celebrated at Kutch during Mahashivratri. The Modhra
Dance Festival is a festival for classical dance, arranged by the
Government of Gujarat's Cultural Department, to promote tourism in state
and to keep traditions and culture alive.
The Ambaji Fair is held in the Hindu month of Bhadrapad (around
August–September) at Ambaji, during a time which is particularly
suitable for farmers, when the busy monsoon season is about to end. The
Bhadrapad fair is held at Ambaji which is in the Danta Taluka of
Banaskantha district, near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border. The walk from
the bus station to the temple is less than one kilometre, under a roofed
walkway. Direct buses are available from many places, including Mount
Abu (45 km away), Palanpur (65 km away), Ahmedabad and Idar. The
Bhadrapad fair is held in the centre of the Ambaji village just outside
the temple premises. The village is visited by the largest number of
sanghas (pilgrim groups) during the fair. Many of them go there on foot,
which is particularly enriching as it happens immediately after the
monsoon, when the landscape is rich with greenery, streams are full of
sparkling water and the air is fresh. About 1.5 million devotees are
known to attend this fair each year from all over the world. Not only
Hindus, but some devout Jains and Parsis also attend the functions,
whilst some Muslims attend the fair for trade.
The Tarnetar Fair is held during the first week of Bhadrapad,
(September–October according to Gregorian calendar), and mostly serves
as a place to find a suitable bride for tribal people from Gujarat. The
region is believed to be the place where Arjuna took up the difficult
task of piercing the eye of a fish, rotating at the end of a pole, by
looking at its reflection in the pond water, to marry Draupadi. Other
fairs in Gujarat include Dang Durbar, Shamlaji Fair, Chitra Vichitra
Fair, Dhrang Fair and Vautha Fair.
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