This is a very unique way of celebrating the dussehra festival in the small hillock village of Dhangarwada, Jagamhatti.

They call it शिवलग्न/Shivalagna, And all the people wear their ceremonial झगे/zage or white gowns with their पगडी/pagdi. Then they gather at the ceremonial grounds and start their rituals with the beating of a drum called डफ/daf and a plate shaped gong, sometimes being accompanied by a मुरली/murali or सुरपवा/surpawa, starting the night before every other dindi or tribe arrives from the neighboring villages and starts offering their prayers and dindis in the ceremonial grounds. They dance throughout the night and throughout the next day. And that is a very trance inducing vibe and rhythms they create.

I am indeed blessed and forever grateful to have experienced this gathering of the tribes in such a unique way that i was immersed in the whole experience and became one with all of my surroundings, and had a chance to experience God.

I am forever grateful to the wonderful people of the Dhangar Wada community of Jagamhatti for hosting us and making us a part of this amazing experience, and last but not at all the least to my friend, brother and fellow artist Divesh Gadekar for making this dream come true.

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