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• Recently, President Ramnath Kovind inaugurated the annual Madhavpur Mela. It is a five-day cultural fair that is held in Madhavpur, the coastal village, located 60 kilometers south of Porbandar.
• This festival celebrates the marriage of Lord Krishna with Rukmini.
• This marriage is said to have taken place in Madhavpur.
• It is said that Rukmini was from the present-day Arunachal Pradesh.
• On Ram Navami, Madhavpur Mela begins.
• Ram Navami is the day that marks the birth of Lord Rama.
• A Madhavrai temple of the 15th-century marks the site of this fair.
• Every year during this event a cultural fair is also held.
• A chariot is decorated colourfully and it carries the idol of Lord Krishna around the village.
• The festivities are usually held for a period of five days.