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| Road to Ucassaim |
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| Mango leaves at the entrance. |
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| Vessels of foood. |
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| Celebrating Ganesh. |
- Brian Mendonca
On the turning road
Mandar screams in pain
At Pinto villa
there's lots to gain
A branch of mango leaves
at the door is auspicious.
Lord Ganesha
installed for the night.
Matoli above
brass utensils of food
The peacock preens
for U0006.
Soon Gayatri and Sanil
will return to Basel
Visarjan amanha
Orange alert at home.
(Ucassaim - Porvorim
27 August 2025)
Notes
- Mandar Surlakar (16) from Vasco was kidnapped by his friends at Miramar beach on 14 August 2006. He was taken to the house of one of the friends, Ryan Pinto at Ucassaim where he was forced to call his father and ask for 50 lakh as ransom money. Mandar's father informed Vasco police. Mandar's body, with his hands and legs tied was found at Keri, Ponda the next day.
-Matoli: arrangement of seasonal flowers and fruit as a canopy for Lord Ganesha.
-U0006: Code number of statue entered for a competition.
-Gayatri and Sanil: young couple working in IT sector in Basel, Switzerland who had come down to celebrate Ganesh with family.
-Visarjan: immersion of the Ganesha idol in a water body.
-amanha: (Portuguese) tomorrow
-Orange alert: heavy rainfall warning.
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Photo courtesy, Deepak Sangodkar. Updated 28/8/25.
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