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Koli fishers add colour & tradition to Velankanni's early pilgrimage season
The New Indian Express Chennai
|July 16, 2025
EACH July, long before the large crowds pour into Velankanni for its famed September festival, the Tamil Nadu coastal town welcomes a quieter but vibrant group of over 13,000 Koli fisherfolk from Mumbai who arrive during the monsoon fishing ban in the Arabian Sea.
For this coastal community, the off-season offers more than rest. It's time for a collective journey of faith and tradition—where almost all the lodges in the temple town are pre-booked months before for their long stay.
The July 1-15 pilgrimage features daily sermons in Marathi, hoisting a flag bearing Marathi inscriptions, and the colourful presence of Kolis from Mumbai and other fishing settlements across Mumbai.
This story is from the July 16, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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