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Shisharanni Goa

Shisharanni’ one of the rich traditional rituals that takes place every third year at the time of the traditional Shigmo festival was held on Sunday at Shri Mallikarjun Temple, Avem-Khotigao in Canacona. The ritual, which some term as blood-chilling, sending shivers up the devotees’ spines is a practice, where rice is cooked with human blood, by keeping the cooking utensil upon the heads of three men who lay on the ground to form a traditional cooking place. The word Shisharanni derives its name from two words- ‘shisha’ which is a kind of tree and ‘ranni’ which represents a traditional cooking place. The ritual is linked to three ‘gades’ who are believed to be representing God on earth, for a short period of time. The heads of these chosen three gades are covered with a wet cloth and layers of plantain trunk.