Baliyatra Entrance Gate - Festival in Cuttack - Cuttack, India

The iconic balijatra gate . Every year balijatra hosted ans known to be one of the biggest open trade fair in the world . Around November you will see this fair to be hosted by cuttack municipal corporation. This year it established on 100 acres and ran for 10 days total. So this is the famous entrance gate for entry to the lower ground. On the other days you can visit the place freely without any traffic. Mahanadi river flows to the near of this side, so you can see boatrides, boats, jetskys over here.

In the Hindu month of Kartik (October - November), the city of Cuttack in Odisha celebrates a renowned festival known as Bali Jatra. The name Bali Jatra means 'A Voyage to Bali'. This popular festival of Odisha marks its beginning from the day of full moon and continues for the next seven days at Gadagadia Ghat of the River Mahanadi where they worship the Lord Kartikeswar - the presiding deity of this festival. Moreover, through this festival, the locals also commemorate that day when sailors of Odisha first crusade to distant lands of Java, Bali, Borneo, Sri Lanka, and Sumatra. To pay their homage, regional people make the artificial boat (made up of paper, barks of the banana tree, and cork) and float it in the water. Besides, the festival also observes the tradition of lighting lamps in the boat which is called Boita Bandana. This boasts an amazing landscape of countless boats lit with lamps.

Beautiful monument to show the rich maritime history of odisha.

Best fair and largest fair of Asia.... Guaranteed you will spend 2-3hours at Baliyatra... love this festival

This structure was built about 10 years ago on the bank of the river Mahanadi where in the month of November, Karthik Purnima a big festival Yatra is organised, About 10 to 15 lakh people attend. All merchandise arr available from across India from different states. Government and private enterprise open their stalls and give so many things so many things...from a needle to electronic machines and everything, whatever you can think is available in this fair.

Nice place to enjoy the river view in the morning and evening.

Beat place ever odisha all-over India ,

Asia's largest fair