The festivities and religious celebrations of the traditional Shree Damodar Bhajani Saptah in the port town of Vasco started on August 12 2013 and lasted for a week. The word Saptah which literally means a week begins a day after Nag Panchami at the Damodar temple in the month of Shravan of the Hindu lunar calender which comes before the festival of Raksha Bandan. The Shree Damodar temple is situated along the main road of Vasco city which is known as the Swatantra Path. One of the largest fairs in the state of Goa is for the Saptah and so the Swatantra path is closed for traffic during which time the traffic is diverted to the F.L. Gomes road.
