Culture
Culture and melaसंस्कृति और मेला
The date can be checked; when a tradition began usually cannot. This page keeps the two apart, and where only memory exists it says so.
The calendar year
January
nothing recorded
February
nothing recorded
March
nothing recorded
April
nothing recorded
May
nothing recorded
June
nothing recorded
July
nothing recorded
August
nothing recorded
September
nothing recorded
October
November
nothing recorded
December
nothing recorded
The Vijay Dashami fairविजयादशमी मेला
An elevated wide, 24mm, from the same platform each year — night colour, crowd, a performer in costume
The town's largest annual gathering. The date is fixed by the lunar calendar and can be verified; when the fair began exists so far only in memory, and in no record we have located.
Locally reportedAttested by residents or local media only. Must be introduced as “residents say” or “as locally recounted”.The Ram Lilaरामलीला
An elevated wide, 24mm, from the same platform each year — night colour, crowd, a performer in costume
A staging that runs over several nights. The performers, the costume, the troupe's own tradition — none of it is documented yet. The organising committee's records are the first place to look.
Locally reportedAttested by residents or local media only. Must be introduced as “residents say” or “as locally recounted”.Photograph this yearइस वर्ष का छायांकन
| Event | Status |
|---|---|
| The Vijay Dashami fair | Not yet |
| The Ram Lila | Not yet |
Traditions that have goneजो परंपराएँ लुप्त हो गईं
This section will be filled from oral history and from nowhere else. Until the town's oldest residents have been recorded, nothing goes here. Age is the only real deadline in this work.
Tell us what you remember of the mela