Chendu Fali Mud Ball Strike
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Interactive 2D monsoon mud physics simulator and sacred pastimes celebration of Devaki Krishna Temple, Mashel (Marcel), Goa.
How a 500-year-old refuge turned monsoon mud into an ecstatic festival of filial love and communion with Mother Earth.
Devaki Krishna Temple in Mashel is the only temple in India where Bhagwan Shri Krishna is worshipped resting upon the lap of his biological mother, Maa Devaki. According to legend, when fleeing Jarasandha to the Gomantak mountains, Devaki barely recognized her adult warrior son; Krishna immediately reverted to an infant sitting on her lap, reliving his childhood pastimes.
The deity was originally consecrated on the island of Choodamani (modern Chorao/Chodan). Following the Portuguese Inquisition and destruction of temples in 1560 CE, courageous local villagers secretly smuggled the stone idols across the river to the safety of Mashel, consecrating them alongside shrines to Rawalnath and Bhumika.
Hiding from King Kalayavana in Gomantak's caves, Krishna laid his peetambar garment upon the sleeping King Muchukunda, who possessed a divine boon reducing anyone waking him to ashes. Kalayavana kicked the sleeping figure and was consumed by fire, cementing Gomantak's sacred heritage.
Observed in the monsoon month of Ashadha, Chikhal Kalo starts when participants smear sacred oil from the temple oil lamps onto their bodies before plunging into the churning courtyard mud. It represents a joyful offering of gratitude to Mother Earth (Dharitri) and an innocent celebration of Balakrishna's pranks.