Detail schedule of Saurashtra’s famous Tarnetar fair 2009

Detail schedule of Saurashtra’s famous Tarnetar fair is out.

The fair will be starting at 9:30 am on August 22 with Shiv Poojan. The Rural Olympic event will be organized on same day afternoon. In the evening, Sadhus will sing Bhajans in campus of Shree Trinetreshwar Mahadev Mandir.

On August 23, second day of the fair, various sports events will be held between 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. During 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Dhvajarohan ceremony will take place, in which a long saffron religious flag will be hoisted by Paliyad’s Chief Priest Shri Umaba.

On August 24, third day of the fair, thousands of visitors will enjoy ‘Ganga Snan’ means a bath in Trinetreshvar Mahadev’s open water tank(Kund) at 5:30 am. At 9:00 am, rural people will perform folk dances like Ras and Hudo. At 9:30 different competitions will be held such as bullock-cart and camel-cart decoration etc.

Stage events will take place in the afternoon during 2:00 to 4:30 pm. This include, decorative umbrella competition, authentic rural dress competition, Doha(a kind of singing), Pava(pipe flute) and Ras(folk dance) competitions.

In the evening, prizes will be distributed after which at 7:30 pm, Ganga Aarti will take place in campus of the Mandir. The aarti will follow by a Dayro event organized by Tarnetar Gram Panchayat.

On August 25, following Ganga Vidaay aarti at 7:30 am, the fair will end at 12:30 pm.