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MARGAO
Margao wore a festive look as the city celebrated the famous Dindi festival with pomp and gaiety on Wednesday evening.
Hundreds of devotees lined up at the newly-built Hari Mandir at the Adarsh school on Wednesday to seek blessings of the deity, even as the Goa police made elaborate security arrangements
for smooth conduct of the
festival.
This year, the Dindi Utsav Samiti had roped in Pune-based classical singers as part of the festivities. As per the tradition, the palki of Lord Vithal Rakhumaye is taken out of the Hari Mandir in a procession, before its wends through the city at the new market, Margao Municipal square before heading to the Vithal Mandir, Comba. The palki then returns to the Hari Mandir on early Thursday morning.
As part of the festivities, Dambabalem Ghodem organised various programs in the city. Similarly, the group headed by Sharmad Raiturkar also arranged a host of competitions coinciding with the festivities.
The Goa police made elaborate security arrangements in the city for the Dindi festival. Around 250-odd policemen were deployed for bandobast duties in the city as a precautionary measure.
