Surajkund International Crafts Mela Authority & Haryana Tourism – 2 – 18 February, 2018 

The Mela is organized by the Surajkund Mela Authority & Haryana Tourism in collaboration with Union Ministries of Tourism, Textiles, Culture and External Affairs. For the 32nd Surajkund International Crafts Mela-2018, the state of  UttarPradesh has been chosen to be the Theme State. At least 20 countries & all the states of India will be participating in the Mela. 

Aims And Objectives 

• To organise, manage and run the Surajkund International Craft Mela at Surajkund Faridabad with a view to promote handicrafts, handlooms with the aid of craftsmen invited from all over the country.
• To identify languishing and lesser known crafts and to introduce them to patrons.
• To display crafts and loom techniques by organising demonstration sections in the Mela grounds.
• To undertake the promotion of export of handlooms and handicrafts.
• To set up an environment in which rural crafts traditions could be displayed and to project the traditional rural ambience of a typical village near Delhi for travellers who may not have the time or means to visit an Indian village. 

This festival has come to occupy a place of pride and prominence on the international tourist calendar, attracting more than a million domestic and foreign visitors during the Mela fortnight. For more details please visit the website: http://www.haryanatourism.gov.in/home#

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