It may be surprising to hear about the case of farming being connected by gambling. But the events of three decades ago when the farms were connected by gambling during festivals and fairs which are in trend in Nepali society, are real. An example of this is the kind of gambling that takes place at Triveni Mela in Udaipur.

This fair in Kamala Chhe, which is located in former Triveni VDC-7 of Udaipur, is held at the confluence of Vaijnath, Tawakhola and Kamalamai. Until the 50s, the importance of this fair was of a different and unique nature. The most attractive part of the fair is the gambling hall everywhere. There were 60-70 places of gambling in the fair and generally: they used to run from 1st to 15th of January every year. 

Not only natives, foreigners also used to come to gamble with millions of rupees. Gambling and playing were sometimes done for a month in this fair on the sand. Kauda and Tas were widely played in the fair. Three decades ago, 8-10 million games were played throughout the duration of the fair. Locals are unaware of when the practice of gambling in fairs started. All they know is that it was a custom from the time of Babubaje. 

Famous wealthy people of India used to come here to gamble. Locals used to say that gamblers from Patna, Chapra, Delhi, West Bengal, Sikkim and other areas came with money in suitcases. Indians considered it normal even if they lost one or two lakhs in gambling. There were also Nepalese who lost millions. However, most of the winners were Nepalese. Locals said that the Nepali people who win gambling often spend that money on land acquisition.

The teacher of Triveni used to remember the gambling game of the fair and said, 'Nepalese sit down to play with 2-400 . Lose a small amount, win millions and millions. Some of them bought the land with the income from gambling at the fair. But after the change of 2046, gambling was tried to be controlled. Therefore, by the 1950s, the practice of gambling at fairs was very low.  In the

2050 gathering, gambling was ranked 10-12 . Gamblers used to go to the border of Sindhuli across Kamala after the games in the fair were reduced. Locals used to say that there was a good game. When gambling was controlled, the amount coming from fairs through contractors also decreased. In the previous year, the contractor had paid up to two lakhs, but when it arrived in 2050/051, the contract was awarded for 79,000. 

Especially the contractors and those who came to gamble felt unsafe from the local hooliganism . At that time, the youth of Katari village used to come to the fair and collect money in the name of various clubs. So the Indians were less likely to stay around the fair . The local people's representative used to say that when gambling decreased and the number of Indians decreased, there was a big loss in local business. 

On the one hand, the flood damaged the fair, while the importance of the traditional fair has been reduced by human activities. Linking this context, Kantipur Dainik published the news written in Janakpur dateline under the title 'Where the rich of India come to gamble' on Chait 2, 2050 .