Boats with pilgrims cross Gandak river in Sonepur, Sonepur Mela in Sonepur near Patna in Bihar state, India.

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Boats with pilgrims cross Gandak river in Sonepur, Sonepur Mela in Sonepur near Patna in Bihar state, India. The Sonepur Cattle Fair or Sonepur Mela (Hindi: सोनपुर मेला) is held on Kartik Poornima (the full moon day) in the month of November in Sonepur, Bihar state in India, on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak. It attracts visitors from all over Asia. Till date, it is the biggest cattle fair of Asia and stretches on from fifteen days to one month.

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Location: Sonepur Mela, Sonepur, India
Photo credit: © Maciej Dakowicz / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 2010, asia, bihar, boat, boats, cattle, fair, gandak, harihar, india, indian, kshetra, landscape, mela, people, pilgrim, pilgrimage, river, sonepur, view