Poush Mela

Poush Mela (Bengali: পৌষ মেলা) is an annual fair and festival that takes place in Santiniketan, in Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal, marking the harvest season.

The key characteristic of this fair include live performances of Bengali folk music, such as baul,[1] kirtan and Kobigan.

Devendranath Tagore with twenty followers accepted the Brahmo creed from Ram Chandra Vidyabagish on 21 December 1843 (7 Poush 1250 according to the Bengali calendar).

What started as a small homely Poush Mela now attracts attention of not only the people of Birbhum district but tourists from all around.

However it has been put on halt for three times due to the Bengal Famine of 1943, Direct Action Day of 1946 and the COVID-19 pandemic.

[4] In earlier days the mela (fair) was held in the ground on the north side of Brahma mandir (also referred to as glass temple).