Jagdalpur. The final ritual of doli vidaai of the 75-day long world famous Bastar Dussehra festival was performed today. At the Jiya Dera temple located on Geedam Road in the city, the doli of Mawali Devi was bidden adieu by Mati Pujari Bastar Rajkumar and local people after offering prayers to Maa Mawali Mata. On this occasion, a huge Kalash Yatra was carried out in the city and a huge crowd of people gathered in the city to bid farewell to the doli of the Mata. According to tradition, the Bastar Dussehra festival ends only after th
Today, the last ritual of Doli Vidaai of Dussehra festival was performed in Jagdalpur. According to the tradition, since time immemorial, King Annam Dev of Bastar used to bid farewell to Mawali Mata in this last ritual of Bastar Dussehra by walking 3 kilometers from the palace and taking out a grand procession with great pomp and show and worshipping Mata in the Jiya Dera temple. Even today, this ritual is performed with due rites and ceremonies. Along with music and dance, Mata’s Doli is saluted with a gun.
Bastar’s prince Kamalchand and the people of the region performed the rituals and sent off the palanquin to Dantewada. A large number of devotees reach Jiya Dera temple with moist eyes to bid farewell to the mother’s palanquin.
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