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Boishakhi Mela Of Bengal

Various mela or
fair run in the first month of Bengal. Some of them:

Bhagabati Mela -
This fair use to organise in Bengal to pray for a good and auspicious year.

Bhadreshwarnath-er Mela -
Choitra Neel Sankranti to Boishakh Sankranti - a month-long fair being
organise at Shiva temple of Bhadreswar in Hooghly district.

Sandeswar-er Mela -
This fair is being organised from last ten days of Choitra to first
week of Boishakh at the Shiva temple of Chuchura in Hooghly district.

Rath-er Mela of Akshoy Tritia -
On the auspicious day of Akshoy Tritia, a chariot carrying idol of
Annapurna use to go from the temple of Telini Para of Bhadreswar, to
the Kangali ghat of river Ganga, where the fair run for the day.

Noajon-er Mela -
This fair is being organised at the village Natphare near Somra Bazar
station of Hooghly district. Lord Shiva is the Noajon. Many palm
fruits use to sell here, so the folks
also call it Talshanser mela (the fair of palm fruits). --
A. B.

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