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00:00 [Pandhurna]
00:06 In Chindwara's Pandhurna, there will be another war between two villages.
00:10 The people of both villages will come face to face and throw stones at each other.
00:14 Like every year, this year also, on the second day of Bhadrapad Amavasya,
00:18 there will be a throw of blood-stained stones between the two villages.
00:21 Yes, we are talking about the world-famous Gotmar fair that is taking place in Pandhurna.
00:27 On the second day of Polaparv, the tradition of Gotmar fair has been going on for many years
00:31 in the river Jam, flowing between the two villages of Pandhurna and Savargaon.
00:36 The villagers have made all the arrangements for the Gotmar fair.
00:40 They have filled the trucks and trolleys with stones and have collected them.
00:44 There is a ritual behind the Gotmar fair.
00:47 The villagers say that many years ago, a young man from Pandhurna
00:51 fell in love with a young girl from Savargaon.
00:54 The young man reached Savargaon and chased the girl away and started coming to Pandhurna.
00:58 But as soon as the lovers reached the middle of the river Jam,
01:03 the people of Savargaon came and started throwing stones at both of them.
01:09 The people of Pandhurna also gathered and they also threw stones.
01:13 And in this stone-throwing, the lovers died.
01:16 Since then, this Gotmar fair tradition has been carried out every year.
01:20 According to the tradition, the palm tree in the form of a flag is planted in the middle of the river Jam.
01:26 And the people of both the villages throw stones at each other.
01:29 And try to get the flag from the tree in the middle of the river.
01:33 The village where the people get the flag, is declared victorious.
01:37 In this tradition of Gotmar fair, many people have died due to the stone.
01:42 The number of injured is in hundreds.
01:44 The people who have lost their loved ones in Gotmar fair, their wounds get healed once again by seeing this fair.
01:51 He was only 25 years old.
01:54 And he went to Gotmar fair.
01:56 At that time, he was hit by a stone and fell into the water.
01:59 There was no siding or anything.
02:04 He fell into the water and died there.
02:09 No one knew.
02:11 When a Gotmar like woman comes, such memories come to mind.
02:14 The sorrow of losing loved ones can be seen clearly in their eyes.
02:18 Because in this rain of stones, some have lost their husband, some have lost their son.
02:24 Some have lost their brother, some have lost their father.
02:27 There are many people who still feel the wounds they got in Gotmar fair.
02:32 For Patrika, Jitendra Atkare from Panjurna, Chhandwada, reported.