Visit this place for an Adrenalin rush!!
Sal village during the month of Feb, becomes talk of the town for an unusual event.
Just to give a brief - You are not supposed to carry any mobile while attending this event. Sit quietly without any light among a herd of thousands of people.
Dot at 2 o clock in night, hide-and-seek game begins between the devchar or devil and gade or devotees.
Hiding behind an abandoned house with a huge banyan tree just in front, the silence of the night, or rather early morning, was intermittently broken by shrieks, howls and a thunderous sound of a whiplash.
Thousands flock to Sal in Bicholim to witness the Gadyachi Zatra where 42 gade -from an original list of 64 belonging to Raut, Parab, Naik, Ghure, Mhale and Mesta communities-are believed to be under a spell and are guided by a mysterious torch shown by the devchar. The devchar apparently captures a gado and then releases him, mesmerising onlookers with the flame movement.
The flame, clear to one and all, is sometimes lit on top of a tree, then on the ground and the biggest roar is normally reserved to the time when the devchar suddenly appears to show two flames, locally known as chudti. When the flame disappears, a lifeless gado appears.
The energy that the gade draw to run barefoot for more than four hours, venture out in dense forests and carry out other rituals has remained a mystery. So has the appearance of the devchar.
The flame, clear to one and all, is sometimes lit on top of a tree, then on the ground and the biggest roar is normally reserved to the time when the devchar suddenly appears to show two flames, locally known as chudti. When the flame disappears, a lifeless gado appears.
The energy that the gade draw to run barefoot for more than four hours, venture out in dense forests and carry out other rituals has remained a mystery. So has the appearance of the devchar.
--Visit this place to know more during the month of February at Bicholim's local temple.
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