Paper lamps being made at the International Surajkund Crafts Mela

Surajkundmela is an enchanting handloom and handicraft fair held every year at Surajkund in the vicinity of New Delhi. It gives opportunity to artists and skilled artisans from around the country to showcase their art, craft and design. The Surajkund Crafts Mela is organized by the Haryana Tourism Department held since 1981. This fair is planned with the main dictum to promote the traditional Indian Handicrafts with a highlighted rural like environment. The Surajkundmela maintains to keep a strong platform f to display their skilled craftsmanship and art work. The mela is also a meeting ground for talented painters, weavers, sculptors and craftsmen.This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.