Goa, Oct. 6 -- In a powerful ex pression of cultural resist ance, villagers from Chim bel gathered at the revered site of Dev Baigainkaar on the historic Kadamba plateau to perform the traditional garane prayer - a ritual deeply rooted in local spiritual and ances tral customs. The prayer ceremony, held on the heels of Union Home Min ister Amit Shah's virtual foundation-laying for the proposed Unity Mall and Prashasan Stambh (Ad ministrative Complex) in Panjim, served as a sym bolic act of opposition to what residents describe as the "destruction of ances tral and sacred land." The garane, a tradi tional prayer ritual con ducted to seek divine in tervention and protection, was not just a religious act but a public plea for the preservatio...