Fair - The Carnival

Medium : Oil on Canvas
Dimension : 48 X 48 Inch
Fair - A Carnival The Kumbh Mela, held every twelve years, at Allahabad, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain is one of the largest fairs in India, where more than 60 million people gathered in January 2001, making it the largest gathering anywhere in the world.Kumbha means a pitcher and Mela means fair in Sanskrit. In the United States, fairs draw in as many as 150 million people each summer. Children's competitions at an American fair range from breeding small animals to robotics, whilst the organization 4-H has become a traditional association. Types of Fair Village fair, Temple fair, Traveling funfair/ carnival, Street fair, County fair, State fair, Trade fair, Festival. India is famous for its kind of Fair & Festivals, most of the fair held in India are either religious fairs or celebration of the change of seasons. A number of big fairs are held at important places of pilgrimage, Kumbh Mela the largest gathering in the world held at three Holi cities of India. Kolkata Book Fair is the world’s third largest annual conglomeration of books and world’s largest non-trade book fair. The famous Sonepur Cattle Fair near Patna is the biggest cattle fair in Asia and world’s largest animal fair. India is a land of fairs and festivals, every month there is festival with fair held at different regions of India, Some of the big religious fairs in India are Pushkar Fair, Baneshwar Fair Gangasagar Fair, Tarnetar Mela, Chaitre Chaudash mela, Nagaur fair, and many monsoon festivals or fairs.

Country of Origin - India