Salim chauhan,Anand: Poshi Poonam Bor will be thrown on January 6 as per the age old tradition at Santram Mandir in Nadiad. For which the traders of Nadiad have made an advance booking of 2 lakh tonnes of bore. Which will be sold in one day. Families with children who do not speak or have difficulty speaking face the burden of throwing up. After the Bor festival on Poshi Poonam, devotees collect Bor and take it as prasadhi.
Advance booking of 20 truck bores has been done.
Local businessman Vijay Talapada said, traders have made advance bookings of 20 truckloads for the one-day trade of Poshi Poonam. 10 thousand kilos of bore are coming in a truck. Advance booking of 2 lakh kg bore has been done by traders.
Twelve months of traditional festivals are celebrated in Sreesantram temple located in Nadiad. Devotees from all over the country come to participate in it. To meet the demand of devotees for Bor, traders of Nadiad have done advance booking of 2 lakh kg of Bor.
100 years ago in Sreesantram Temple, the practice of Boar tossing started. Every year more than 1 lakh devotees come to Sreesantram temple on the day of Poshi Poonam to have a darshan of the unbroken flame of Sreesantram Maharaj and complete the Bhada-Manta.
Bore comes from wadis in Poona, Nasik, Saurashtra
For Poshi Poonam, bookings are made months in advance in wadis of Pune, Nashik, Saurashtra, Kheda, Anand districts. Karan H. Dharmani, a trader of Nadiad, said that by the night of the 4th, Bor will arrive and Poshi Poonam will also be sold.
Published by:Santosh Kanojiya
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