Poush Mela is Santiniketan at its most crowded and most alive. Held in late December, the fair brings Baul singers, folk performances, tribal sports, crafts, food, and visitors from across Bengal.
It is not the time to come for quiet campus walks. It is the time to see how Tagore's town became a public cultural stage, with music and handmade work spilling well beyond the formal university spaces.