New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- The Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration has announced that all schools will remain closed on Thursday, August 21, in view of the Guru Dronacharya Mela at Dankaur. The annual fair and festivities held at the Guru Dronacharya temple in Greater Noida are expected to draw large crowds, and the decision has been taken to ensure student safety and ease traffic movement.

Guru Dronacharya was the teacher of Kauravas and Pandavas during the Mahabharata period and the fair is organised in his name. The event typically spans 10 days at the Shri Drona Natya Shala during which several cultural programmes and competitions are organised. Many roads will remain closed to the crowd in the fair

The Guru Dronacharya Mela is sc...