PONDA/QUEPEM: The annual traditional Bajani Sapthah at Nagesh Temple, Bandora, concluded with the celebratory breaking of the Dahi-handi at the temple premises.
Thousands of devotees participated in the festival. The residents from the six wards of Bandora made colourful floats that were taken out in a procession across the temple area over the past week. Climbing a four-tier human pyramid, the youth of Bandora broke the Dahi-handi, as chants of Govinda re Gopala filled the air.
In Curchorem, the Siddarudh Gymkhana of Sanvordem maintained its record of winning the Dahi handi competition for several years now and bagged the prize by breaking the handi at two different celebrations. The events were organised by the Curchorem Cobra Sumo Stand, and the winners were awarded cash prizes of Rs 25,000 and Rs 5,000. Panch members of Sanvordem panchayat and members of Siddharudh Gymkhana Shashikant Naik said that they try to encourage and promote religious traditions as they bring the villagers together and help them keep aside their communal differences and politics. Curchorem Kakoda Municipality Chairperson Dr Jasmin Brangza, Councilors Prasanna Bhende and Pramod Naik, ZP member of Xeldem panchayat Siddharth Desai and other dignitaries attended the event and distributed the prizes.
