Tripurari Poornima Boat Festival at Vithalapur, Sankhali (Sanquelim) ‘Tripurari Pournima’ is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first fortnight of the Hindu month of Kartika. The festival that symbolises the victory of good over evil is also called the Kartiki Pournima. Legend says that the demon king Tripurasur had been harassing the […]
Candolim Sangodd along Sinquerim River
Candolim Sangodd along Sinquerim River Honouring Saints Peter and Paul A large crowd of people gathers in Orda, on the northern bank of the Sinquerim river, which meanders languidly south of Candolim, to celebrate the annual Sangodd, which marks the feast of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29. A substantial percentage of […]