List of Traditional Indian Fair | Mela List in India

Traditional Fairs of India

Mela is a traditional Indian fair organized at different places in India. Some fair is big and some are small. Not only in India but in other parts of the world also organize fairs in different forms.

Indian Mela List

Most of the shopkeepers come to the fair from the local area. Mela support local and traditional business. You can easily see the traditional and cultural dress, food, and daily use it’s in the fairs.

Kumbh Mela

Some fairs are at the small level and some are big. Kumbh Mela is the biggest fair in the world where more than 10 million people visit into. The fair not only brings business but also give us an opportunity to know our cultural belief and traditions. You can find the Mela List in India.

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Traditional Fair (Mela) in Assam

State	Fairs / Mela	Location	District	Month	Duration
Assam	Raasmela	Bilasipara	Dhubri	Nov	30 Days
	Netaji Mela	Karimganj	Karimganj	Jan	15 Days
	Rashmahotsav	Harimandir	Nalbari	Nov	11 Days

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Andhra Pradesh

State	Fairs / Mela	Location	District	Month	Duration
Andhra Pradesh	Brahamotsavam	Tirupati	Chitoor	Sep/Oct	10 Days
	Netaji Mela	Karimganj	Karimganj	Jan	15 Days
	Pyditthallamma Utsavam	Vijayanagaram	Vijayanagaram	NA	NA

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Bihar

State	Fairs / Mela	Location	District	Month	Duration
Bihar	Sonepur Mela	Sonepur	Patna	Nov	30 Days
	Sorath Mela	Sorath	Madhubani	June	15 Days
	Vaisakh Purnima	Bodh Gaya	Gaya	April/May	15 Days
	Shivratri Mela	Sayal	Hazaribagh	Feb	15 Days

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Gujarat

State	Fairs / Mela	Location	District	Month	Duration
Gujarat	Vautha Fair	Vautha	Ahmedabad	Nov	2 Days
	Somnath Fair	Patan	Junagarh	Nov	6 Days
	Rajim Mela	Rajim	Raipur	Feb	30 Days
	Dussehra Mela	Jagdalpur	Bastar	Oct	7 Days
	Narsinghji Fair	Gomitpur	Ahmedabad	Nov	1 Day
	Bhavnath Fair	Junagarh	Junagarh	Feb	1 Day
	Navratri Fair	Ambaji	Bansakantha	Sep	10 Days
	Lilipari Krama Fair	Junagarh	Junagarh	Nov	5 Days
	Manekthari Poonam Fair	Dakor	Kheda	Sep	1 Day
	Gokulasthami Fair	Surat	Surat	Aug	7 Days
	Bhadrapada Ambaji Mela	Ambaji Village	NA	Sep	1 Day
	Manektari Punam Fair	Dakor	Kheda	Sep	1 Day
	Shamlaji Fair	Shamlaji	Sabarkantha	Nov	5 Days

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Haryana

State	Fairs / Mela	Location	District	Month	Duration
Haryana	Pihowa Mela	Pihowa	Kurukshetra	Mar	30 Days
	Pathri Mata Ka Mela	Pathri	Panipat	Mar/July	30 Days
	Gangor Mela	Sirsa	Sirsa	April	3 Days
	Kapalmochan Mela	Bilaspur	Yamunanagar	Nov	5 Days
	Surajkund Mela	Surajkund	Faridabad	Feb	15 Days
	Kisan Mela	Karnal	Karnal	Sep	9 Days
	Dehati Mela	Ladana	Kaithal	Oct	7 Days

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Himachal Pradesh

State	Fairs / Mela	Location	District	Month	Duration
Himachal Pradesh	Minjar Fair	Chamba	Chamba	July	9 Days
	Dussehra	Kullu	Kullu	Oct	10 Days
	Phulaich fair Valley	Kinnaur	Kinnaur	Sep	1 Day
	Sair Fair	Shimla	NA	Sep	1 Day
	Hamir Utsav		Hamirpur	Nov
	Lavi Fair		Rampur	Nov	4 Days
	Renuka Fair		Sirmur	Nov	3 Days

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Jammu & Kashmir

State	Fair / Mela	Location	District	Month	Duration
J & K	Jhiri Mela	Jammu	Jhiri	Nov

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Jharkhand

State	Fairs / Mela	Location	District	Month	Duration
Jharkhand	Kolhaiya Mela			Nov
	Kundri Mela			Nov
	Kunda Fair	Pratappur	Chatra	Feb	1 Day

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Karnataka

State	Fairs / Melas	Location	District	Month	Duration
Karnataka	Dassehra	Mysore	Mysore	Oct	10 Days
	Sangameswara Jatra	Harihar	Chitradurga	Mar	7 Days
	Mahadeshwara Mela	Kollegal	Mysore	Nov	5 Days
	Havanoor Mela	Havanoor	Dharwad	Jan	3 Days
	Dussehra Fair	Mysore	Mysore	Sep	28 Days
	Yellamma Devi Fair	Saundatti	Belgaum	Oct	1 Day
	Godachi Fair	Godachi	Belgaum	Nov
	Hampi Festival	Hampi		Nov	3 Days

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Kerala

State	Fairs / Melas	Location	District	Month	Duration
Kerala	Pooram Festival	Trichur	Trichur	April	21 Days
	Onam	Trivandrum	Trivandrum	Aug	10 Days
	Koratty Muthy	Koratty Village	Koratty	Oct	NA
	Makara Vilakku	Malappuram	Malappuram	Mar	NA
	Chirappu	Kottayyam	Kottayyam	Nov/Dec	NA
	Feast of St Sebastain	Chertala	Ernakulam	Jan	NA
	Shivratri	Vilakku Aluva	Ernakulam	Feb/Mar	NA
	Omallor Fair	Omallor	Ernakulam	Mar	NA
	Magara Jyoti	Sabarimala	Idukki	Jan	10 Days
	Sri Sundareswar	Kannur	Kannur	April	NA
	Utsavam	Vadakkekara	Malappuram	Mar	NA
	Aranmula Vallamkali	NA	Aranmula	Sep	1-2 Days
	Kerala Village Fair	NA	Kovalam & Ernakulam	Jan	10 days

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Madhya Pradesh

State	Fairs / Melas	Location	District	Month	Duration
Madhya Pradesh	Kartik Mela	Ujjain	Ujjain	Nov	30 Days
	Kadam Mela	Kharagpur	Tikamgarh	Nov	15 Days
	Gwalior Trade Fair	Gwalior	Gwalior	Jan	30 Days
	Maker Sankranti	Barman	Ujjain	Jan	NA
	Nimar Utsav	Maheshwar		Nov	3 Days
	Ujjain Kumbh Mela	Ujjain	Ujjain	Once In 12 Yrs	NA

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Maharashtra

State	Fairs / Melas	Location	District	Month	Duration
Maharashtra	Nashik Kumbh Mela	Nashik	Nashik	Once in 12 Yrs	NA
	Sharda Utsav	Nagpur	Nagpur	Oct/Nov	10 Days
	Ganesh Festival	Sangli	Sangli	Aug/Sep	NA

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Orissa

State	Fairs / Melas	Location	District	Month	Duration
Orissa	Rath Yatra	Puri	Puri	July	10 Days
	Joranda Mela	Joranda	Dhenkanal	Feb	7 Days
	Dhanu Jatra	Bargarh	Bargarh	Jan	11 Days
	Bali Yatra	Cuttack	Cuttack	Oct	5 Days
	Chatar Yatra	Kalahandi	Kalahandi	Oct	2 Days

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Punjab

State	Fairs / Melas	Location	District	Month	Duration
Punjab	Rural Olympics	Quila Raipur	Ludhiana	Jan/Feb	7 Days
	Hollah Mohllah	Anand Pur Sahib	Ropar	Mar	5 Days
	Baisakhi	Talvandi Sahib	Bhatinda	April	5 Days
	Mag Mela	Muktsar	Faridkot	Jan	3 Days
	Ramteerth Mela	Kaler Purnima	Amritsar	Nov	5 Days
	Sahidi Jod Mela	Fatehgarh Sahib	Patiala	Jan/Feb	4 Days
	Sodal Mela	Jalandhar	Jalandhar	Sep	2 Days
	Chappar Mela	Chappar	Ludhiana	Sep	-

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Rajasthan

State	Fairs / Melas	Location	District	Month	Duration
Rajasthan	Khatu Shyam Ji	Sikar	Sikar	Feb	3 Days
	Urs	Ajmer	Ajmer	Oct	10 Days
	Pushkar Fair	Pushkar	Ajmer	Nov	10 Days
	Ramdevra	Ramdeora	Jaisalmer	Oct	10 Days
	Dussehra Mela	Kota	Kota	Oct	10 Days
	Beneshwar Fair	Beneshwar	Dungarpur	Jan	5 Days
	Chanderbhaga Fair	Jhalawar	Jhalawar	Nov	5 Days
	Khetlaji Fair	Bundi	Bundi	Aug	3 Days
	Ranisati Mela	Jhunjhunu	Jhunjhunu	Aug	20 Days
	Mahavir Mela	Sawai Madhopur	Sawai Madhopur	Nov	7 Days
	Gopinathjika Gara Mela	Gopinathjika	Banswara	Sep	1 Day
	Kaila Devi	Kaila	Sawai Madhopur	Mar	15 Days
	Kaila Devi Fair	Karauli	Sawai Madhopur	Mar	3 Days
	Kallaji Ka Mela		Banswara	Sep	1 Day
	Karni Mata Mela	-	Deshnok	Sep	1 Day
	Kota Dussehra	Kota		Sep	1 Day
	Sitabari Fair	-	Sitabari	Sep	1 Day
	Marwar Festival	Jodhpur	Jodhpur	Oct	2 Days
	Nagaur Fair(Ramdeoji Cattle Fair )	Nagaur	Nagaur	Jan	8 Days

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Tamil Nadu

State	Fairs / Melas	Location	District	Month	Duration
Tamil Nadu	Peria Kirthigal	Trupparankundram	Trupparankundram	Oct/Nov	NA
	Panimaya Matha	Tuticorin	Tuticorin	Aug	10 Days
	Eallazhagar	Bannaral	Bannaral	April/May	NA
	Kundam	Chikkaram- sampalayam	Chikkaram- sampalayam	Mar/April	NA

 

Traditional Fair (Mela) in Uttar Pradesh

State	Fairs / Melas	Location	District	Month	Duration
Uttar Pradesh	Bemoli Katra Mela	Bemoli Katra	Agra	Aug	1 Day
	Kailash Mela	Kailash	Agra	Aug	30 Days
	Makar Sankranti	Allahabad	Allahabad	Jan/Feb	7 Days
	Allahabad Kumbh Mela	Allahabad	Allahabad	Jan/March	2 Months
	Haridwar Kumbh Mela	Haridwar	Haridwar	Jan/April	3 Months 14 Days
	Barabanki Mela	Deva	Barabanki	Feb/Oct	10 Days
	Bateshwar Fair	Bateshwar	Agra	Oct	3 Weeks
	Ramnavami Mela	Ayodhya	Faizabad	April	4 Days
	Sharvan Jhoola	Ayodhya	Faizabad	July/Aug	7 Days
	Nauchandi Mela	Meerut	Meerut	Mar/April	30 Days
	Ramlila Mela	Varanasi	Varanasi	Oct/Nov	10 Days
	Chitrakoot Ramlila	Chitrakoot	Chitrakoot	March	7 Days
	Shivaratri Mela	Kalahasti	Kalahasti	Feb	4 Days
	Mahotsav	Lucknow	Lucknow	Nov	10 Days
	Nauchandi Mela	Muzaffarnagar	Muzaffarnagar	April	30 Days
	Nauchandi Mela	Aligarh	Aligarh	Jan	30 Days
	Ramlila	Ramnagar		Sep	7, 14, 31 Days
	Rambarat	Agra	Agra	Oct	1 Day
	Cattle Fair	Dadri	Balia	Nov	2 Weeks