Zatra Festival

In goa there is small village  called cuncolim it is also known as kumkumahalli the place where kumkuma is produced .


In cuncolim many festivals are celebrated with excitment and enjoyment without any religious discrimination different people of different religion came together to celibrate every festival .The cuncolim village was original site of famous temple shree shantadurga before this was demolished by portugues along with the christion .The holy idol of shree shantadurga was taken to fatorpa where the new temple of shree shantadurga cuncolikarin is today .

The festivals of cuncolim starts with the annual zatra of the temple it usually happen in december / January  where the utsav starts and lasts for 5 days chariot procession is the highlight of this festival celebration on the 1st day the celebration starts with the maha - abhishek in the morning .And at night there is chariot procession it is the commencement of the festival .2 nd day there is elephant chariot , 3 rd day flower chariot , 4 th day is chariot of horses  and on the 5 th day the maha chariot of the godess is taken in procession around the temple.



And on this is attended by devotes from all  cast across goa as well as the neighbouring states .As on this day of zatra that is 5th day all schools and collages from cuncolim get a holiday as they all can be part of this festival . After this procession festive ends with a maha abishek later .

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