Toshali National Crafts Mela is the most coveted popular handicrafts/ handlooms fair of the State and one of the premier event of eastern India. The event is being organised by Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Deptartment. Govt of Odisha and SIDAC is the implementing agency.
Colourful stalls, breath-taking artefacts from across the country, mouth-watering cuisines are the highlights of the mela. In addition the crafts mela is complemented by daily cultural evenings, demonstration of crafts activities etc.
The mela is organised at Janata Maidan, Bhubaneswar mostly during the month of December every year but this year the 19th Toshali National Crafts Mela has been organized from 19th March to 31st March,2025.