Team Herald
Ponda: After the nine nights of Navaratri ended on Tuesday, the festival of Dussehra or Vijayadashmi was celebrated on the tenth day all over the State with Palkhi Processions of gods and goddesses in respective temples by crossing the village boundaries decorated in Palkhi with flowers to mark the victory over evil. This Palkhim Procession is also known as Seemollanghan ( Crossing of village border by deity by Palkhi Procession)
In Ponda taluka alone, there are hundreds of temples where Navaratri and Dussehra are celebrated.
On this day, a ritual called seemollanghan is held where people follow a token ritual of crossing the village border and offer flowers, fruits and coconuts to the deity during the procession.
In Kavlem, the goddess Shantadurga Palkhi accompanied by villagers crosses the border and later visits Kapileshwari Temple and later returns back.
