Colours of spring at Vasant Mela From Kanjeevram sarees to Malwani pickles and from brooches to junk jewellery, carpets and handicrafts, Cidco's Urban Haat mela offers a variety of products which come from all corners of the country. This fair will continue till April 8

Colours of spring at Vasant Mela

From Kanjeevram sarees to Malwani pickles and from brooches to junk jewellery, carpets and handicrafts, Cidco's Urban Haat mela offers a variety of products which come from all corners of the country. This fair will continue till April 8

Making the spring season a lot more colourful and eventful for the people of satellite city, Vasant mela has been organised at Cidco’s Urban haat in Belapur. The mela, which began on March 16, would be going on till April 8.

The fair offers wide range of products of handicraft, handloom and varied kinds of food being sold by artisans, who have come from states like Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Assam, West Bengal and so on.

“The mela offers wide range of products coming from all corners of the country. The makers of the product themselves sell it, hence authenticity and originality of the product is ensured. Moreover they can also give a little bit of history about various art and handicraft of their state. Cidco Urban Haat is quite popular and is known for its handicrafts, handloom items and consumer durables products. Since these products are being brought by artisans directly from their states, they are having more variety as compared to what one would get at local stores in Navi Mumbai,” said KSV Nair, manager of Urban Haat.

He added that so far the fair has received a good response from buyers and are hoping that more people turn up on weekends. Besides artisans there are many stall owners at the haat, who have come from local stores as well. Apart from art, craft and food the mela is also offering things like easy chairs, picnic tables and more. One can also shop for their home, as bed-spreads of single beds are available for as less as Rs150. Rangoli stencils are also being sold in a set of 10.

While the artisans from Tamil Nadu have brought the famous Kanjeevram sarees and Madhurai cotton sarees, Bhopal artisans have brought a variety of carpets. Different kinds of door screens, starting from Rs550 onwards, are brought by artisans from Delhi. Given the weather, cotton clothing is getting many takers. White cotton jhablas for children are in demand, while people from all age groups are going for cotton clothes.

There is a wide range of junk jewellery available and teenagers are sure to find everything from earrings to fancy hair brooches and different kinds of neck pieces to go with one’s attire. One can complement their summer casuals with wooden-bead neck lace or funky earring available at this mela. Local stores too have put up their stall and selling dress materials, cotton sarees and kurtas as well.

The fair also offers Konkan and Malwani food products like pickles, papads, kokum, mango sherbets and more. A painting and photo exhibition is also scheduled to take place from April 1to 8 where paintings done by children, who had participated in the competition held by urban haat two months back, would be displayed.

So this weekend if you feel like indulging in some shopping you might as well head to the haat!