Poush Fair is held to remember Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s Shantiniketan. Modelled on the lines of the ancient Gurukul System, he started a school named Brahmachary Asrama at Shantiniketan. After receiving Nobel Prize, the school was upgraded to college and was renamed as Visva Bharti.

The fair is observed in late December at Shantiniketan in Birbhum, the city of Kolkata, West Bengal in India.

Visitors of all cultures and traditions visit the fair. The tourists who visit the three day fair experience the royal heritage of Bengal. The fair showcases folk performances, craft bazaars, live performances of Bengali folk music, especially baul music and conduct of cultural festival by students of Shantiniketan.