Team Goemkarponn
CANACONA: For the first time the Rath Yatra of Shri Dev Rudreshwar, one of the Hindu Jagruth deities worshiped by lacks of Goan Came to Canacona on 18th January, 2025. Devotees of Shri. Dev Rudreshwar in Canacona got a lifetime opportunity to seek the blessing of Dev Rudreshwar. Many programmes were planned on this occasion & all devotees in Canacona, across all caste, creeds, faith came in large numbers to seek blessings of Shri. Dev Rudreshwar. Thousands of people from Canacona participated in Rath Yatra as they got this once in a lifetime opportunity to seek blessings of Dev Rudreshwar at their doorstep.
The Rath Yatra of Dev Rudreshwar in Canacona started from Karmal Ghat & at Shree Ganapati Devasthan, Karmal Ghat, the Hon’ble Speaker of Goa Assembly, Canacona MLA Shri Ramesh Tawadkar & on behalf of Shri Rudreshwar Dev Rath Yatra Samiti Canacona, Shri. Janardhan Bhandari welcomed the Yatra & performed pooja. At Chawdi, Canacona, Smt. Sara Desai, Chairperson-Canacona Municipal Council welcomed the Rath Yatra along with other Councillors, Sarpanch/Panchas of various Village Panchayats in Canacona.
Then Dev Rudreshwar Rath Yatra halted at Gopal-Krishna Devasthan, Mokhard for Darshan, Pooja & Prasad. Then the Rath Yatra proceeded to Partagal where devotees of Partagal seek blessing of the Dev Rudreshwar. The Yatra then briefly halted at Khavat, at Karpanas for devotees of Galiem and at Painguinim Market for devotees of Painguinim, Maika & Kalshi. Then Dev Rudreshwar Rath Yatra stopped at Gopalkrishna Devasthan-Aagas to facilitate devotees of Loliem Village to seek blessing of Dev Rudreshwar.
On its further route in Canacona, the Rath Yatra halted at Government Primary School, Polem for the devotees of Sheli and Polem Villagers. Then the Rath Yatra proceeded further towards Kolsar and stopped at Galjibag, Kolsar for Devotees of Kolsar, Galjibag and Talpan. Then further the Rath Yatra of Dev Rudreshwar halted at Muthal to facilitate devotees of Muthal and Sadolshe Village. The Rath Yatra went ahead and took a halt at Ghodkamale for the villagers of Natangini and Ghodkamale. Then the Rath Yatra halted at Pasal for devotees of Pasal Village.
At the end of the day, Dev Rudreshwar Rath Yatra halted at Gopalkrishna Devasthan, Mokhard for devotees of Mokhard and Bhatpal Village. When Dev Rudreshwar Rath Yatra reached Gopalkrishna Devasthan, Shri. Janardhan Bhandari and Smt. Bhavana Bhandari performed pooja. After pooja, Mahaprasad was arranged for all the devotees of Dev Rudreshwar. Then Shri Dev Rudreshwar Rath Yatra Samiti falicitated members of main committee of Rath Yatra, Devasthan Committee of Dev Rudreshwar, HARVALE and notable among them were Dayanand Mandrekar, Kiran Kandolkar, Jayesh Salgaonkar, Mahadev Naik, Shyam Satardekar, & Shree Rudreshwar Devasthan Committee Members Yashwant Madkar. Subhash Kinalkar, Sangesh Kundaikar At the end “SWAR RUDRESH”, a musical show of sugam sangeet was performed on this occasion.
On 19th January, 2025, after performing Joint Pooja by Devotees of Dev Rudreshwar at Gopalkrishna Devasthan, Mokhard, Shri Rudreshwar Dev Rath Yatra Samiti, Canacona took the procession ahead and handed over the Rath Yatra to Shri Rudreshwar Dev Rath Yatra Samiti, Quepem at Karmal Ghat. Thousands of people took the opportunity to seek the blessing of Dev Rudreshwar during the Rath Yatra in Canacona. When the Rath Yatra entered a Village, devotees of each village on the route of the Rath Yatra spontaneously garlanded the Rath Yatra with “TORAN”. Villagers of Palolem, Canacona, Loliem, Polem, Paiguinim, Talpan welcomed the Dev Rudreshwar Rath Yatra with “TORAN”. Literally Tandav of Dev Rudreshwar’s Devotees was observed during the Rath Yatra of Dev Rudreshwar in Canacona.