Fairs And Festivals In India

Fairs and festivals are important part of social activities of man. They are arranged all over world in a variety of ways. Some celebrations are specific to certain areas and some are celebrated by different group, communities in certain villages, cities or even state or country. This gives rise to fairs and festivals their own local flavors. In India fairs and festivals are significant parts if the Indian cultural life. The life of Indian people revolves round the fairs and festivals. In other words we can say that fairs and festivals are heart of the Indian socio-cultural life. In India traditional fairs and festivals are connected with religious beliefs, changing season 's harvests etc. They are varied in origin. Many of them are performed in a particular manner in different parts of the country. They attract large number of people from distant places. Hence fairs and festivals have tremendous tourism potential both domestic as well as foreign. Solapur district of the Maharashtra state is one of the famous fairs and festivals tourist place in India. Solapur district is unique in religious activities. In Solapur district there is a festival for every season and every for reason. Many fairs and festivals celebrate the various harvest, commemorate great historical figures and events while many express devotion to the deities of different religion. There are number of places which have religious importance out of some places like Pandharpur, Akkalkot etc. are not only