Immense crowds assemble.
The roads leading to Sonepur from all the sides are literally packed with people for a few days. The railway authorities run many special trains and yet there is always a complaint and the trains are jam packed. A large number of cattle, horses and elephants are offered for sale. It is said that the Sonepur cattle fair is the second largest cattle fair in the world. Previously hundreds of horses, camels, sheep and elephants used to be brought and most of them were sold out.