In a first, stall booking for Santiniketan’s prestigious Poush Mela to be entirely online

Key Points

1. Poush Mela 2025 will be held from December 23-28.
2. Online booking for stalls introduced in 2025 to check corruption.
3. In 2024, the Santiniketan Trust resumed organizing the Mela with university support.
4. Poush Mela was cancelled during the Bengal famine of 1943, Direct Action Day in 1946, and the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020-22.
5. The fair dates back to 1894 and is considered a matter of pride for Visva-Bharati University.