Team Goemkarponn
CANACONA: Canacona Weekly Saturday Market at Chaudi returns back to normalcy, a week after tensions had escalated over non-Goan Muslim traders doing business at the market.
It was a normal, but hectic day as the regular and smooth business for the traders (outstation and local) as well as for the weekly shoppers/marketeers who turned up in large numbers at the weekly bazaar on Saturday.
It may be recalled that the issues erupted over objections to taking our ‘Juluse’ (procession) for the Muslim community led to the closure of the weekly bazaar a week ago, after a call was given to stop giving patronage to the outstation Muslim traders coming with their goods for the weekly bazaar.
This led to the closure of the entire market for the first of last week on Saturday, as only a handful of traders who came in three transport vehicles opened their stocks on the persuasion of some of the concerned locals including the Chaudi ward councillor Ramakant Naik Gaonkar.
A few more concerned citizens supported Naik Gaonkar’s views that the common people particularly the working class/labourers/migrants who make their weekly purchases at the weekly bazaar should not be made to suffer.
On Saturday, the weekly market was full with many new traders joining the regular one claimed a source.
Meanwhile, Shri Parashuram Panchaigram Devasthan, Poinguinim decided not to use Flowers purchased from Markets to decorate the God idols in the Devasthan.
In a social post made viral on various platforms, quoting the president of Shri Parashuram Panchaigram Devasthan Committee Uday Prabhugaonkar is it informed that ‘From now on, no market flowers will be used to decorate the idols of the Gods in Shri Parashuram Panchaigram Devasthan’.
‘The flowers grown in the village will be made using ropes of banana or wild pineapple, kevan, kumbo etc. made garlands /necklaces. The thread will not be used in the body of God.’
Viraj J Pai Khot, further stated that ‘A good decision has been implemented by Parshuram Panchaigram Devasthan Committee’.
