The annual Virabhadra folk dance performed two days before Gudi Padwa, the Hindu New Year at Vithoba Temple, Ponda, Goa

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Virabhadra is an extremely fierce and fearsome form of the Hindu God Shiva. Virbhadra folk dance is performed two days before Gudi Padwa, the Hindu New Year at Vithoba Temple, Ponda, Goa.

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Location: Vithoba Temple, Ponda, Goa, India
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