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Fairs
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is a fairs held in celebration of two notified medieval personages who
helped to colonize the fearful jungle of Sunderbans by their reputedly
spiritual powers. One is Pir Ghazi Mubarak Shah whose seat at Ghutiari
Sharif in south. 24-Parganas district is the the scene of an annual fair
at the end of the Bengali year at which pilgrims irrespective of community
offer worship to the Saint at his grave. The other is having his seat
at Dhapadhapi in the same district is Dakshinary, elevated to the position
of controlling deity of the ferocious tiger. A big fair is held in his
honour on the day following the bathing day at Gangasagar.
The Pous Mela at Shantiniketan is held evey year around
December 22 the date on which the Adi Brahmo shrine at the seat of Tagore
was dedicated in 1891. The Mela has developed at Santiniketan and Sriniketan.,
providing a meeting ground for tribal , rural and elite cultural elements.
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