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Detailed explanation-1: -Nagoba Jatara is a Hindu tribal festival held in a Keslapur village, Inderavelly Mandal Adilabad district, Telangana, India. It is the second biggest tribal carnival and celebrated by Mesaram clan of Gond&Pardhan tribes for 10 days.

Detailed explanation-2: -The descendants of the Buigota clan of the Mesram tribe who conduct the Nagoba Jatara had come three days prior to the festival and were stationed at the ‘Vadamara’ forests (banyan trees) for three days, and performed the ‘Thum pujas’ (rituals for the dead) and reached the Nagoba temple on Saturday morning.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Nagoba Jatara is an annual fair held at Keslapur of Indervelly Mandal, in Adilabad District. Keslapur is 20 km from the ITDA headquarters Utnoor and from Gudihathnoor on the National Highway No 44. The Jatara is held on Pushya Amavasya (new moon day in February).

Detailed explanation-4: -Medaram Jatara is the second-largest fair of India, after the Kumbh Mela, celebrated by the second-largest Tribal Community of Telangana- the Koya tribe for four days. As the largest tribal fair in Asia, Medaram Jathara is conducted in honour of the Goddesses Sammakka and Saralamma.

Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is option 1, i.e Telangana.