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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