Tags: Holiday.
The Sonepur Cattle Fair or Malegaon Mela (Hindi: सोनपुर मेला) is held on Kartik Poornima (the full moon day) in the month of November in Sonepur Bihar on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak. It is also known as Harihar Kshetra Mela and it attracts visitors from all over Asia. Till date it is the biggest cattle fair of Asia and stretches on from fifteen days to one month. It has its origins during ancient times.