Santmodi is a hamlet of Chinchinim village with about 24 houses but it is the hillock behindit ( about 100 to 150 metres high ) that comes to life every year on the fifth sunday of Lent. It would appear as if a Crucifixion scene is being enacted here. Round about 3 pm in the afternoon one sees long lines of devotees approaching the hillock. They come silently from all directions using all the available village paths and gather at the foot of the hillock. They move upward inch by inch towards the top of the hillock ( where there is a small chapel dedicated to the Holy Cross, pausing fourteen times on the way up ( and each time saying OF,HM & GB in unison ) signifying fourteen stations of the cross. They gather around the small chapel where mass is said reminding them of the Calvary scene. And once it is all over one sees mass of devotees slowly descending down the hillock equally silently and then spread in all directions towards their homes. The movement of the people up and down the hillock under the blazing sun ( there are no umbrellas or caps and some are bare footed ) has to be witnessed personally to gauge the fervour of catholic masses
