london uk 18th august 2018 in 2003 the first london mela took place it attracted 60000 people proving how successful and popular a pan london mela could be now 16 years on and an established highlight in the capitals cultural calendar the london mela is an artistically led celebration of asian culture and creativity inspired by south asia and the diaspora melas originate from the indian sub continent the word mela comes from the sanskrit to meet and is related to milana the verb to tune it is commonly used to describe a large gathering of people celebrating artistic religious pf07tm.jpg from mela film sex् View Photo