A quiet Tulsi Vivaah this year

Vodli Diwali celebrations have been on a

low key

owing to the pandemic, this year. “Our extended families would get together for the festivities and this year we requested everyone not to come. It used to be a very exciting day as all cousins would get together, but we are hoping for a better year in 2021,” says Vivek Desai, from Ponda.
Learning scriptures online and e-bhajans

Rudran Vagle’s

father

learnt the mantras online for Tulsi agin this year. “All the rituals were the same except that my father performed it. He learnt them on the internet,” says Rudran. Sonika Lotliker e Fortes from Margao, decided to play the bhajans for

the Vodli Diwali

played YouTube. “The number of cases of COVID is drastically increasing and during this time it is better to avoid calling a priest.
The vivaah arti was played online and the rituals were done by my father.”