The Raipur fair of Ayodhya is synonymous with religious and cultural heritage. The suburb settles here for a month. It has been saving the village and city’s form of the city for the next generation since a century. The fair contains the goods sold in the showroom of the cities in the fair. The fair is famous for timber in the state. Wooden shops from districts like Saharanpur, Barabanki, Kanpur etc. are decorated here. Lakhs are traded. Tattoos appearing on the body of urban youth are tattooing for the people of the village here. Expensive sweets from Jalebi and Kachlu, various types of ballotbars for children and youth for various types of swing and entertainment for entertainment and people from the surrounding districts, not in the same district, also reach here. ———— Rajendra Pandey, Ayodhya
Raipur fair is a living example of people’s faith. It is also the worship site of the infinite form of Srihari Vishnu. There is a religious belief behind Anant Chaudas (Anant Chaturdashi). There is mythology. The fair begins with religious rituals. Dharmendra Pratap Singh Tillu, chairman of the District Cooperative Bank, who is looking at the management of this time, underlines its mythological significance, saying that many years ago, there was a severe drought due to lack of rain in Raipur village and its surrounding villages.
The people of the village came to the priest living in the temple of Lord Anant located here. Told the problem. The priest asked to chant Sitaram and perform a yagna. The worship of the villagers started worshiping with law. After some time there was torrential rain on the day of Anant Chaudas. There was a wave of happiness all around. With this, the Raipur fair started here every year on the day of Anant Chaturdashi.
History of Raipur Fair
The history of Raipur Fair is more than a century. Tillu says that it has been 119 years since the fair. Prior to him, his elder father Virendra Pratap Singh alias Budhau Singh was looking at the fair since 1979. He died a day before the fair this year. After this, he is watching the system. His first Baba Shamsher Bahadur Singh and before that Parbaba Devkali Singh used to see the arrangement of the fair.
Raipur fair attracts people of all ages. There is something for people of every class here. The same is the same in this fair. There are various types of swings for children and youth. The magic of the magician India Emperor is attracting Indrajal and elusive Meena Bazaar. Polys are the center of attraction. The tune of the well of death is heard from a distance. The entire lane is made for tattooing on the hand. There is complete studios for action photos. The jalebi of the fair and the bundle of the fair bring water to the mouth from a distance. The people of the village can be seen being tightened from the soup tantra from the cracks, khurpi. There are shops from barber to washerman. If there is a show-room of clothes, then iron cupboards, boxes with boxes are available here.
The fair is identified with the entire zone for timber. Shops have come from Kanpur, Saharanpur, Barabanki, Gonda, Bahraich to Purvanchal. The entire wooden factory is installed. Artisans work all the time. There is a lot of buying and selling of a throne, carved doors from sofa sets and other items. People wait for the fair to come to the fair throughout the year. Cosmetics, chaat, fruits with fruits are well -known sweets shops.
The wooden shopkeeper Anas from Barabanki says that the entire factory is set up at the Raipur fair since his father’s era. Indigenous cultural programs like Alha, Birha are often organized in the fair.
This fair is spread over a periphery of about one kilometer around the temple of Lord Anant. People start the fair with worship and worship in the temple. Enjoy swimming in the lake adjacent to the temple.
The fair starting from Anant Chaturdasi lasts for a month. These days it is on the curse. All the shops of the fair run day and night till Navratri from the beginning of Navratri. After Navratri, the focus of people on timber increases. Its conclusion is announced with the worship of Lord Anant and distribution of offerings. This time the fair will conclude on October 7.
The Raipur Fair is about one kilometer south of Kotasarai village, going from Lucknow, on the Ayodhya-Lucknow highway, about eight kilometers before Ayodhya city. To reach here by train, you have to land at Salarpur railway station on Ayodhya-Lucknow railway route, about five hundred meters from the fair. By road, Lucknow-Ayodhya will have to walk to the right from Kot Sarai village and walk one kilometer.
Conversation
Bablu Sharma, who visited the fair, says the Raipur fair is not just a fair. The fair that comes after a year is also a festival for here.
Pratibha in the fair rest room says that every item of their needs are found in the fair. Children force every year to come to the fair.
The doll said, it is the facility to see the fair here that one can never misbehave with anyone. People around are engaged in security. Sula, circus food is there.
Vikas, who arrived to see the fair, says that the village enjoys in this fair. People swim in the lake with food and drink. People come more to buy wood with pure goods for food and drink.
Ashutosh says that when the fair seems to be there, he does not know but a crowd of districts of Purvanchal comes here. The system is good. No one can be misbehaved. Goods from village to city, entertainment everything is available.
The Raipur fair was developed as a cultural consciousness. Efforts are to be saved by rural culture. People got essential items along with entertainment. The fair will last for about a month. It contains materials made of timber, swings for children and adults, toys and cosmetics shops for women. There is a lake in the temple premises. People enjoy swimming. A full month of male and female police is present for safety. People from nearby villages live in security. Dharmendra Pratap Singh Tillu, Fair Manager
