{"id":46730,"date":"2025-05-04T13:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T07:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=46730"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T07:56:23","slug":"lairai-devi-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lairai-devi-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Lairai Devi Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lairai Devi Temple Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>In a tragic turn of events, at least six people died, and over 70 others were injured after a stampede at wee hours of Saturday in Shirgaon village in North Goa&#8217;s Bicholim, during the annual Lairai Jatra procession at Shree Lairai Devi temple.<\/p>\n<h2>About Lairai Devi Temple<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lairai Devi Temple is a revered spiritual site located in Shirgao village, Bicholim taluka, North Goa.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Dedicated to Goddess Lairai, who is believed to be an incarnation of Goddess Parvati, the temple holds immense cultural and religious significance for the local community.<\/li>\n<li>The temple&#8217;s architecture reflects traditional Goan design, with intricate carvings and vibrant interiors that add to its sacred charm.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The temple is a symbol of religious harmony, with local Hindus and Catholics regarding Lairai Devi and the Virgin Mary of Mapusa as sisters.<\/li>\n<li>It is best known for hosting the annual Lairai Devi Jatra (Shirgao Jatra), where the dramatic fire-walking ritual (Agnidivya) is performed by devotees called &#8220;dhonds.&#8221;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The festival begins with processions, devotional dances, and drumming. At midnight, a massive bonfire is lit, and in the early hours, the fire-walking ritual commences. Devotees chant the goddess\u2019s name as they cross the embers, believing the righteous will remain unharmed.<\/li>\n<li>The event draws tens of thousands of devotees from Goa, Maharashtra, and Karnataka, fostering strong community bonds and reinforcing local traditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/what-led-to-stampede-at-goas-lairai-devi-temple-six-people-killed-collector-sp-shunted-out-5-points-to-know-11746278247643.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MINT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lairai Devi Temple is a revered spiritual site dedicated to the goddess Lairai, located in Shirgao village, Bicholim taluka, North Goa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":46731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[297,21,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-46730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-lairai-devi-temple","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}