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tall began in 1987 when Haryana Tourism took a call to preserve the languishing arts and crafts of India by organising a Crafts Mela at Surajkund Lake in Faridabad. It was an earnest effort by the Surajkund Mela Authority & Haryana Tourism to provide a platform for craftspersons and weavers to directly market their wares to customers by eliminating the middleman. The mela was a resounding success and has been held every year since, barring 2021 when it had to be cancelled because of COVID-19. Over the years the popular mela has gone from strength to strength. With over a million visitors on average, it

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