 The tradition likely started with Daryapanthis.During the British colonial rule era, major annual fairs ("melas") used to be held in Uderolal and Zindapir (near Hyderabad, Pakistan).In contemporary times, the Sindhi community celebrates the festival of Cheti Chand with major fairs, feast parties, processions with "jhankis" (glimpse stage) of Jhulelal (an avatar of [Varun dev], similar to Vithoba), other Hindu deities, and social dancing.