According to the ministry of tourism, The mela is being held at Race Course Ground, Rajkot. The mela commenced on September 5 and will continue until September 9, and the timings are from  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, they said

The Janmashtami fair also called Lokmela, Saurashtra's biggest fair, is held in Rajkot every year during the Satam-Aathma festival on the occasion of Janmashtami, they added. Janmashtami celebrations begin in Gujarat, Maharashtra

This fair starts on the sixth day of the festival and lasts for five days till Dasham, an official said

The festival of Janmashtami is celebrated on a large scale across Maharashtra, and several Dahi Handi (earthen pots filled with yoghurt) competitions are conducted on the occasion

In the event, participants called "Govindas", dressed in colourful clothes, made a human pyramid to reach the pot hung mid-air, and break it