Mela


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Records about Mela from the Gajah Glossary at https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf Mela (Hindustani): [see also: bazaar, elephant] (Shand 1992:5,27,158-193;HalI2000:35) A fair; in this case an elephant fair, where elephants are bought and sold. The largest in the world is an annual affair [November], held at Sonpur/Sonepur at the confluence the Ganges and Gandak Rivers in Bihar, India.

M. Philip Kahl and Charles Santiapillai, Gajah Elephant Glossary, Gajah nr 23 (2004), Journal for Asian Elephant Specialist Group


Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2024). Mela. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=130. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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