Despite subdued Dindi, wave of bhakti engulfs Margao

Margao: The famous

Dindi

festival of Shree Hari Mandir,

Margao

, was celebrated in a

subdued

manner on Wednesday with the organisers having decided not to organise the ‘palkhi’ (palanquin) procession this year in view of the pandemic. Last year too, the Dindi hadn’t taken place.

Nevertheless, the city was gripped with a

wave

of

bhakti

as the Hari Mandir as well as the Vithal Mandir at Comba were kept open for devotees to pay their respects to the deity, though no ‘tirth-prasad’ was distributed. However, programmes of bhajans, and bhakti sangeets kept devotees enthralled.

In normal times, the Dindi attracted thousands to Margao. Devotees would dance in devotional frenzy throughout the night with rhythmic chants of ‘Vithal Vithal Jai Hari Vithal’ and ‘Gyanba Tukaram-Dnyanoba Tukaram’ to the melodious tunes of ‘taal’, ‘mrudang’ and ‘pakhvaz’.

This is the 112th year of the Dindi festival. Like last year, this time too, activities at the temple during the eight-day long festival were limited to religious rituals.

Traditionally, the Dindi with the palkhi of Shree Vithal Rakhumayee leaves the Shree Hari Mandir on the penultimate day of the festival, and after paying the customary visit to Shree Damodar Sal well past midnight, culminates at Shree Vithal Mandir in the pre-dawn hours and returns to Shree Hari Mandir by noon the next day.


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