Besides getting rid of from the severing cold and lazy days, the Delhiites and nearby localities also experience a happy feeling of travelling to Surajkund Handicraft Mela, which kicks off from 01st February to 15th February of every year.
This year too, the 26th Surajkund Handicraft Fair is going to begin from its scheduled time with much enthusiasm and larger numbers of participants including Asian and African countries. If you are fond of purchasing finest quality of handicraft and hand-made products, travel to Surajkund Mela or if you are vivid culture lover, travel to Surajkund mela.
The Surajkund Craft Mela is hub of finest quality of handicraft clothes and handmade products like foot wears, shoes, candles, agarbattis, dhoopbattis, wooden hats, toys, metallic and non-metallic ornaments, perfumes, ayurvedic medicines, and kitchen accompanying etc.
Moreover, besides the handicraft products Surajkund is also is a hub of India's diversified culture. You can see the similarity in cultural variety and taste the smell of true Indian mitti (soil).
Not only India, but also foreign traders travel to Surajkund handicraft mela and show their culture here besides selling their products.
With this giant culture-packed fair, you can enjoy the fun of a variety of handicrafts and handmade products.
In the 26th Surajkund Fair, it is decided that daily each participating states would perform their culture in an open-air theatre named as 'Natyashala'. Not only Indian states but also participating foreign countries would display their cultural skills here.
From 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
For Physically Handicapped and Senior Citizens: Rs. 25/- per head
For others: Rs.50/- per head
Tickets are available for sale at Haryana Govt. Emporium, New Delhi; Magpie, Nahar Singh Mahal, Ballabhgarh; Gauriyya Complex, Bahadurgarh; Tilyar Complex of Haryana Tourism, and Chanderlok Building, Haryana Tourism Office, New Delhi.
E-Tickets can be downloaded from Haryana Tourism Official Site:
http://www.haryanatourism.gov.in
Travelling to 26th Surajkund craft fair is not a difficult task for outsiders as several local public and private vehicles including Bus, Auto, Taxi, Shared Auto and Metro Train are available for conveyance. You can reach here by de-boarding to the nearest Railway Station or Inter-State Bus Station. As, Surajkund lies 8 kms from South Delhi at Faridabad district, the nearest Railway Station is New Delhi, Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin and Faridabad Railway Station while Kashmiri Gate ISBT, Sarai Kale Khan ISBT and Faridabad ISBT are the nearest Bus Stand. By air you can de-board at Indira Gandhi International Airport, (IGI Airport), New Delhi.
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