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An elephant plays and run after her owner riding a Royal Enfield bullet at Asia's largest cattle fair, Sonepur Mela in India's state of Bihar. She even tries to mimic the sound of the bike's exhaust roar! She wins and finally blocks him off, disallowing his move forward! 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 Sonepur Cattle Fair once used
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