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{{Infobox recurring event
| native_name = ''Chitra Vichitra Mela''
| native_name_lang =
| image = Visitor to Chitra Vichitra Fair.png
| alt =
| caption = A visitor to Chitra Vichitra Fair
| status = 
| genre = Cultural and religious festival
| date = March or April (2 weeks after [[Holi]])<ref name="Footprint2000">{{cite book |last1=Bradnock |first1=Robert |last2=Bradnock |first2=Roma |title=Footprint India Handbook 2000 |date=1999 |publisher=Footprint Handbooks |location=Bath |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781900949415}}</ref>
| begins = 31 March 2023
| ends = 1 April 2023
| frequency = Annual
| location = Gunbhankhari, [[Sabarkantha District]], [[Gujarat]]
| coordinates = {{coord|24.345828|N|73.126276|E|display=inline,title}}
| country = [[India]]
| participants =
| attendance = 60,000<ref name="SabarkanthaDCHB-B">{{cite book |title=District Census Handbook Sabarkantha Part XII-B |date=2011 |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2405_PART_B_DCHB_SABAR%20KANTHA.pdf}}</ref>
| activity =
}}
The '''Chitra Vichitra Fair''' is an annual [[tribal]] fair held in northern [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. The fair is an event for families who have lost a member in the past year to mourn the departed, accompanied by festivities and [[matchmaking]].<ref name="IndiaToday">{{cite news |title=Mixing loss with desire |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19940515-mixing-loss-with-desire-754863-1994-05-15 |accessdate=6 April 2019 |work=India Today |date=15 May 1994}}</ref><ref name="KT">{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=Devaram |title=Poshina ke Chitra Vichitra mele mein purvajo ka hua asthi visarjan, yuvao ne chune apne jivansathi |date=5 April 2019 |page=Kotdatimes.com |url=http://www.kotdatimes.com/news/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%86-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80 |accessdate=7 April 2019 |archive-date=6 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406222320/http://www.kotdatimes.com/news/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%86-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The fair attracts around 60,000 visitors, primarily tribal populations from surrounding villages in Gujarat and Rajasthan.<ref name="SabarkanthaDCHB-B" />

The fair is held in Gunbhankhari village of poshina taluka, [[Sabarkantha District]], [[Gujarat]], near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border.<ref name="Dailyhunt">{{cite news |title=Gunbhakhari ma 2 divasno Chitra Vichitra no lokmelo bharashe |url=https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/gujarati/gujarat-epaper-gujarat/gunabhankharima+be+divasano+chitravichitrano+lokamelo+bharashe-newsid-83318643 |accessdate=7 April 2019 |work=Dailyhunt Gujarati News |date=9 March 2018}}</ref> The site of the fair is on the banks of the Wakal River, and the location is considered sacred because of the confluence of three rivers in the area - Sabarmati, Wakal, and aakal

The fair is held over the two days abutting the first eve of the new moon ([[Amavasya]]) following the festival of [[Holi]], which typically falls in March or April in the [[Gregorian calendar]].<ref name="SabarkanthaDCHB-B" /><ref name="Bhanavat">{{cite book |last1=Bhanavat |first1=Mahendra |title=Kumvare desa ke adivasi |date=1989 |publisher=Muktak Prakashan |location=Udaipur |page=74 |oclc=839810897 }}</ref> The fair commences on the eve of the new moon, when families submerge ashes of their departed family members in the river, and mourn their death through the night.<ref name="IndiaToday" /><ref name="IndiaGuide">{{cite book |editor1-last=Desai |editor1-first=Anjali |title=India Guide Gujarat |date=2007 |publisher=India Guide Publications |isbn=9780978951702 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZRLGZNZEoEC |accessdate=6 April 2019}}</ref> The next day, a fair takes place at the location.<ref name="IndiaGuide" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.gujarattourism.com/fairs-festivals/major-festivals/chitra-vichitra-fair Gujarat Tourism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503154519/https://www.gujarattourism.com/fairs-festivals/major-festivals/chitra-vichitra-fair |date=3 May 2019 }}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-Xj3V3uXU|Chitra Vichitra Tribal Fair Of Gujarat Part 1 - A Journey from Moksha to Maya]

[[Category:Festivals in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Fairs in India]]

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