PORVORIM: Residents of Porvorim offered a Deepotsav in a desperate bid to save the Banyan tree. They say this is sacred ground due to the presence of the deity. We offer Vat Poornima here for the long life of our husbands. We request the government to protect this Vodh or Banyan tree. They have met the Chief Minister and the Union Minister of Surface Transport to save this tree, which has religious significance to locals.