A courier service that runs on faith

Bhubaneswar: Holding a coconut wrapped in a piece of red cloth, a man shows it to a fast running passenger bus on the outskirts of the city. The vehicle stops at a distance and its helper comes near the man in a hurry to collect the fruit. It is carrying coconut to Ghatagaon Tarini, a free courier service which runs on faith.

Thousands of Hindus involve themselves in a network that collects coconuts from devotees from the devotees from almost all partsof the country and deliver them to a temple situated in a mineral hinterland of interior Orissa, about 200 km from the state capital.

The network is spread almost all over the country. Make-shift collection boxes and at a few places small temples have been set up to collect the coconuts. Passenger buses and other vehicles plying on the route to Ghatagaon in Orissa's Keonjhar district carry the fruits and hand it over there.

On an average, over 20,000 coconuts reach the temple for offering before the presiding deity Maa Tarini Thakurani every day through this amazing network. Read more................................................A courier service of Orissa that runs on faith

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