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Surajkund Crafts Mela , India

Traditional buys at Surajkund Mela (image courtesy: farm3.static.flickr.com)
Surajkund Crafts Mela
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Faridabad, Haryana
India
Fairs & Festivals

Surajkund Crafts Mela comes each year in Surajkund situated at the borders of Delhi and Faridabad, India. It is a very unique fair,also called as Surajkund Festival, where talented artistes from different parts of the world come to showcase their rich crafts and traditions of their respective states.

Surajkund Festival bestows an exotic experience that comes alive when the participant artists share their artistic talent with the common man. It has an exquisite appeal owing to the graceful exhibits exposed in the the typical setting of a rural Indian marketplace attracting millions of observers belonging to different strata of society.

The Mela or fair chiefly emphasis on one particular state every year. Its extremely indulging range of crafts in the comfortable bucolic environs of the festival grounds truly becomes a meeting point for adroit painters, sculptors, weavers, etc. However, some vibrant programs with cultural themes and local cuisines take it to the another level and guides you that India is certainly a land of cultural diversity where all live in unity and also don’t mind giving a hearty welcome even to the outsiders.

Organized by annually by the Haryana Tourism Department, the Surajkund fest also allows you to buy some great works of artists that contain paintings, wood stock, textiles, pottery, ivory work, stonework, terracotta and grass work. Besides, pamper your souls with ravishing Natyashala folk dances, offer yourself completely to the decorated musical evenings arranged at the al fresco theatre.

Tags: surajkund festival in haryana, Delhi NCR festival, cultural events in india, tradtional exhibitions in faridabad

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