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Haryana Fairs & Festivals
Haryana has been a cultural heartland of the country for over centuries. It is a place of diversified races, beliefs and faiths. The people of Haryana are tradition bound and have preserved their rich culture in the form of dance, drama, music, arts, and celebration of various fairs and festivals throughout the year. Haryana's folk culture is based on old customs of meditation, Yoga and chanting of Vedic Mantras. The seasonal and religious festivals bring affability among the people. They take great delight in saang (a folk dance), dramas, ballads and songs during these occasions.
 
Jyotisar (Kurukshetra)
Jyotisar is believed to be the site where Lord Krishna had delivered the Holy Scripture Bhagwad Gita to Arjun. The site lies some 12 km from Kurukshetra on the Pehowa road. Jyotisar has fine water bodies, bathing ghats and small temples. The marble image of Lord Sri Krishna and Arjun is carved in such a way that Lord Krishna explaining to Arjun, the doctrine of Karma through the Gita Updesh. A banyan (believed to be an off-shoot of the original tree under which the Lord gave His Sermon) gives shade to the area.
 
Suraj Kund Crafts Mela
The Surajkund Crafts Mela is organized annually by the Haryana Tourism Department in the month of February. This delightful handloom and handicrafts fair is planned every year to promote the traditional Indian Handicrafts in rural ambience at Surajkund in the vicinity of New Delhi. The fair was first time organized in 1981 and since then the fair continues to be a strong platform for Indian artists and craftsmen to display their skilled crafts and art work. At this annual week long fair skilled artists from all over the country display the rich crafts tradition of India in the typical rural setting and bring alive the age-old living crafts tradition. Surajkund crafts mela offers to its visitors the exquisite and skilful paintings, textiles, wood stock, ivory work, pottery, terracotta, stonework, lac work and cane and grass work. Visitors can shop here for some of the world's most treasured wares.

The fair is not only limited to exhibitions of artwork but also presents the visual delight to its visitors in the form of special Natyashala folk dances and musical evenings at the open-air theatre. These programs are also accompanied by lip smacking and delicious rural cuisine, adding colors to this popular crafts fair.

Every year, the Surajkund Crafts Mela is planned by selecting a particular Indian state as a theme and entire ambience for the fair is designed accordingly. Many states have showcased its finest handlooms, handicrafts and mouth-watering cuisines in past fairs. The date for the popular Surajkund Crafts Mela remains fix every year. The fair is organized by the Haryana Tourism Dept. annually from 1 to 15th of February