Festivals · West Bengal
Poush Mela 2026
পৌষ মেলা
Santiniketan's Poush Mela, founded in 1894, runs six days from 7 Poush at the Purbapally ground.
Tentative date
- Dates
- Wed 23 to Mon 28 Dec 2026
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Purbapally Ground, Santiniketan
- City
- Santiniketan
- District
- Bolpur
- Region
- West Bengal
- Category
- Festivals
- Tickets
- Free
- When it runs
- Held every year from 7 Poush (23 December), running six days
- Checked
- Wed 28 Oct 2026; the organiser has not published a page for this edition yet
About this event
Bengali sources fix the mela's pattern: it opens on 7 Poush of the Bengali calendar, 23 December 2026, at the Purbapally ground in Santiniketan, and has run six days since the format was extended in 2017, so this record carries 23 to 28 December 2026. The fair, centred on the Visva-Bharati campus, mixes Baul music, folk performance, craft and book stalls. Visva-Bharati has not yet published a 2026 notice, so the record is graded expected on the fixed calendar pattern confirmed for recent editions in Bengali coverage.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking options for this event are being checked and will be added here.
The organiser has not published a page for this edition yet. Dates checked Wed 28 Oct 2026.