Showing posts with label Sonepur fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sonepur fair. Show all posts

Friday, November 27, 2015

Huge crowd gathers to see elephants



Elephants hogged the limelight in the Sonepur Fair on November 25, 2015.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Theaters add charms to Sonepur Fair


 Theaters were the added attraction of Sonepur Fair on November 25, 2015.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui



Lakhs take hloy dip on Kartik Purnima




Several lakhs of devotees took holy dip in the confluence of Gandak and Ganga rivers at Harihar Kshetra (Hajipur/Sonepur) on the auspicious occasion of Kartik Purnima on November 25, 2015. They also offered prayers and did abhishekam at Hariharnath Temple.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Elephants star attraction of Sonepur fair





Several breeds of cattle arrived in Sonepur for world famous cattle fair on November 6, 2014.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Lakhs throng Sonepur Fair on Kartik Purnima

 




Several lakhs of people gathered in Sonepur on the auspicious occasion of  Kartik Purnia. They took holy dip in river Gandak at Harihar Kshetra and offered prayers at Harihar Nath temple and later visited the world famous Sonepur cattle fair on November 6, 2014.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui 

World famous Sonepur fair begins





World famous Sonepur fair began at Harihar Kshetra in Sonepur on November 6, 2014.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Lakhs take holy dip in Gandak on Kartik Purnima


 Lakhs took holy dip on the occasion of Kartik Purnima in the the river Gandak at Harihar Kshetra in Sonepur on November 6, 2014.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui