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Goats for sale in cattle market at Sonepur fair. Buy high breed horses of your choice at Asia's largest cattle fair. You can get the best deal here. People from different villages come to the cattle fair and inspect the horses before buying one. Goats different breed can be found here at the fair. The Sonepur Cattle Fair or Malegaon Mela is held on Kartik Poornima (the full moon day) in the month of November in Sonepur, Bihar, on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak. It is also known as Harihar Kshetra Mela and it attracts visitors from all over Asia. Till date, it is the biggest cattle fair of Asia and stretches on from fifteen days to one month. It has its origins during ancient times. This is when Chandragupta Maurya used to buy elephants and horses across the river Ganges. The Son