Celestial wedding of Mallikarjuna Swamy performed at Komuravelly in Siddipet

The police deployed 300 personnel to ensure the safety and smooth darshan for devotees. Apart from the regular staff, the temple management roped in 70 out-sourcing staff and 100 volunteers to conduct the festivities smoothly

Siddipet: The celestial wedding of Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy, Komuravelly was performed with his consorts Kethala Devi and Medala Devi following the temple traditions on Sunday. A huge number of devotees from across the State thronged the temple to witness the annual Kalyanam.

The wedding was performed in the presence of Jagdguru Mallikarjuna Vishwvaradhya Shiva Charya.

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Jangaon MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, Bhongir MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy and other leaders and officials witnessed the celestial wedding while the silk vastrams (clothes) on behalf of the State government were performed by officials.

The police deployed 300 personnel to ensure the safety and smooth darshan for devotees. Apart from the regular staff, the temple management roped in 70 out-sourcing staff and 100 volunteers to conduct the festivities smoothly.

The temple management made available 60,000 laddu prasadams and 5 quintals of pulihora (tamarind rice) expecting a huge turn of devotees. The temple premises were illuminated colourfully on the occasion of the special day.