Correct Answer - Option 1 : Paush
The correct answer is Paush.
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Bade Bhajan Ramnami Mela is held in the month of Paush (December).
- This fair is organized on Ekadashi of Paush month every year.
- It is a three-day-long fair organized on the bank of the River Mahanadi.
- This fair is celebrated by the Ramnami community.
- The main attraction of this fair is the programs of the Ramnami hymns that continue here as per its name.
- Ramnami community was founded around 1890 by Parashuram, a Dalit youth in Charpara village of Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh.
- These Ramnami people live in more than 300 villages of the districts around the Mahanadi river.
- These include Pamgarh, Nawagarh Akaltara, Janjgir, Jajaipur, Bamhani, Malkharoda, Chandrapur, Sarangarh, Raigad, Biligadh, Kasdol etc.
- This fair is organized once in the villages located in east, west, north, and south direction.
- This fair is held once on this side of the Mahanadi river flowing here and next time across the Mahanadi river.
