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Mango Festival


International Mango Festival

Does the succulent flavor of mango makes you crave for more? Can’t you get enough of mangoes, then, the Mango Festival is a must visit for you.

The Mango Festival is celebrated throughout the country with much zeal and zest. The festival is held in the month of July every year in the capital, usually at the Talkatora stadium in Delhi and is hosted by the Delhi Tourism Board in collaboration with the Delhi Government.

But this year, the 21st International Mango Festival will be held at Dilli Haat, Pitampura from 3rd – 5th July, 2009. The “King of Fruits” festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the festival will be open for all from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.

The festival is a three - day affair which attracts thousands of mango lovers to the fest like a pot of honey attracts the bees. The Mango Festival is celebrated throughout the nation without any discrimination which spreads the hardcore notion of unity in diversity because of different species available under one roof.

The festival showcases more than 400 species of the fruit from different parts of the country.

It is the most awaited festival in the capital, as the citizens get to relish the rare species of the sumptuous fruit.

The fest will showcase some exceptional varieties such as Sirki, Suwarn, Neeleshwari, Royal SP, Raddy Pasand, Himasagar, Kensington, Neelam, Banganpalli, besides popular Dushehari, Langra, Alphonso, Kesar, Papitiyo, Tommy Atkins, Sensation and Nazuk Badan. Mangoes such as Abdullah, Ramkela, Aishwarya, Bombay Green from Kaleemullah Khan’s nursery. And one of the rare species of the fruit Gula by Tariq Mustafa from Purkazi in Muzaffarnagar.

The highlights of the festival include Mango Quiz, Mango eating competition, sale of fresh mangoes and processed fruits like pickles, chutney, mango pulp, juice, jelly, aam papad, jam and aam panna.You can binge on the fruit for free, can buy a small mango tree or or can also buy wide varieties of mango in the festival.

One of the main attractions of the festival is the Mango eating competition which will be held on 4th July, 2009 for Women at 5 p.m. and for Men on 5th July, 2009 at 5 p.m.

The festival provides agro-industries and food processing industries the opportunity to display their products. The idea is to give exposure to the domestic mango industry and exporters.

The Mango Festival is also celebrated in different parts of the country during the months of June - July. Some of them are Pinjore, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune to name a few.

There are over 1,365 species of Mangoes grown around the world and India alone cultivates over 1,000 varieties of the fruit.

For those who are calorie conscious should once forget about their calorie intake and just indulge themselves into the temptation of mouth-watering mangoes during the festival.

Different Varieties of Mangoes

There are thousands of varieties of Mangoes grown all over the world.

In India, Alphonso, Benishan or Benishaan and Kesar mango varieties are considered among the best mangoes in the Southern states whereas Dussehri and Langda varieties are most popular in the Northern states.

Some of the varieties of Mangoes are listed below:

1. Taimoorlang
2. Husnaara
3. Aabehayat
4. Zawahiri
5. Dussheri
6. Chosa
7. Lucknowi
8. Langra
9. Neelum
10. Rumani
11. Alphonso
12. Bombay Green (Sarauli)
13. Banganpalli
14. Samar Behest Chausa
15. Fazli
16. Kishenbhog
17. Himsagar
18. Gulabkhas
19. Zardalu
20. Airi
21. Malkurad (Goa)
22. Kesar
23. Rajapuri
24. Jamadar(Gujarat)
25. Beneshan
26. Bangalora
27. Suvarnarekha
28. Mulgoa
29. Raspuri
30. Badami
31. Allampur Beneshan
32. Himayuddin
33. Jehangir
34. Cherukurasam
35. Bathua
36. Bombai
37. Sukul
38. Fernandin
39. Mankurad
40. Vanraj
41. Mundappa
42. Olour
43. Pairi
44. Safeda
45. Raspoonia
46. Mithwa Sundar Shah
47. Mithwa Ghazipur
48. Taimuriya
49. Sharbati Begrain
50. Gilas
51. Nauras
52. Rasgola
53. Hardil-aziz
54. Cherukurasam
55. Peddarasam
56. Totapuri
57. Kothapalli Kobbari
58. Chinna Rasam
59. Cheruku Rasam
60. Pedda Rasam
61. Mallika
62. Ratole
63. Kaju
64. Himayat
65. Khatta Meetha
66. Panchadara Kalasa
67. Manjeera
68. Amrapali
69. Arkapuneet
70. Sindhu

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