Devanshi Joshi & Pratik Shah/ DNA.Vadodara
13th November,2008
The Sanskari nagri of Gujarat was all booming on city's landmark event of the wedding procession of Lord Narsinhji
on Dev Diwali. To Vadodara Narsinhji no Varghodo is what the Rathyatra is to Ahmedabad.
Amid tight security, the event marked ceremonial wedding procession of Lord Narsinhji who went to marry Tulsiji. Thousands of devotees from city and outside participated the marvellous procession.
Narsinhji no varghodo has become an identity Vadodara is the only city in Gujarat where Lord Narsinhji's procession has been taken out for over 125 years. the idol of Lord Narsinhji was taken out from Narsinhji ni pole at Mandvi and ceremoniously and taken to tulsivadi. Hundreds of devotee joined the residents of the Narsinhji ni pole in the procession as the relatives of the groom.
Devotees clad and rich traditional attire and kids in the fancy dresses fire crackers, music bands and devotional songs all were some of major attraction of annual fete. The varghodo started at 5:30 PM from Narsinhji ni pole reached Tulsivadi around 9:30 PM.
As the tradition goes, Lord Narsinhji, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu weds Tulsiji on Kartiki purnima, which is celebrated as Dev Diwali. The Lord's wedding ceremony was performed with traditional rituals which continued till the early hours of next day. After the wedding Tulsiji comes at Narsinhji ni pole along with Lord Narsinhji.
The police took all pain for the smooth passage of the procession. Before the procession began, the dog and bomb squads had undertaken security checks at every nook and corner of the procession route.
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4 comments:
hey dear r u sure that there were enough security?? and i have seen that those who secure us are only threat to us!! every year there is atleast one case of molestation during this kind of occassions!!
Ya viki..
Fortunately no case of any kind of unwanted incident has occurred during procession...
even if any incident happened than ppl wont come up and say i mean whom to blame if person securing is only the culprit!!!
Yeap..people need to come up if something wrong is happening around. And yes,The thnig you have pointed out about molestation dt rarely comes out officially.
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