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PONDA: Thousands participated in the annual seven-day Bhajani Saptah celebration at Nagesh Maharudra Temple, Bandora, which concluded on Tuesday afternoon.
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The Bandora youth formed a human pyramid and broke the dahi handi on the Saptah’s 72nd anniversary.
Traditional floats were taken out in a procession across the temple area over the past week. The celebration ended with the mahaprasad.
The tradition of Saptah in Nageshi, which is observed in the month of Shravan, was started by late Jagannathbuva Borikar, many decades ago. Like every year, this year too the Saptah commenced with religious rituals and with the lighting of the traditional lamp on August 20.
People from all walks of life participated in the week-long festivities which ended on Tuesday. Every day a tableau depicting the cultural and traditional mythological themes is brought in the night. Each day of Saptah witnessed the tableau prepared by people of the six waddos while on the seventh day, the people carried out a procession of the common tableau. With lighting, decoration and creative artworks, the tableau is a sight to behold in the night.
