Devotees throng Vemulawada shrine

Rajanna-Sircilla: A large number of devotees thronged Rajarajeshwaraswamy temple, Vemulawada, on Monday in the run up to the biennial Sammakka-Sarakka jatra. It is a tradition in north Telangana to have darshan of lord Shiva in Vemulawada before visiting the Medram jatara. Moreover, it is the last Monday before the biennial fair starts on February 16. […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: A large number of devotees thronged Rajarajeshwaraswamy temple, Vemulawada, on Monday in the run up to the biennial Sammakka-Sarakka jatra.

It is a tradition in north Telangana to have darshan of lord Shiva in Vemulawada before visiting the Medram jatara. Moreover, it is the last Monday before the biennial fair starts on February 16. Though the rush of devotees at the shrine was high in the last few days, the numbers swelled on Monday which is considered an auspicious day for the presiding deity.

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According to temple authorities, about 50,000 pilgrims visited the shrine. Devotees, who started arriving at the temple since early in the morning, were seen waiting in serpentine queue lines to have darshan of the presiding deity. Besides offering Kodemokku, pilgrims had darshan of lord Shiva and it took three to four hours for darshan.

The temple authorities are busy in making arrangements for a three-day Maha Shivaratri jatara scheduled to be held from February 28 to March 2 in Vemulawada.

District collector Anurag Jayanthi along with Superintendent of Police Rahul Hegde organized a coordination committee meeting at Vemulwada temple premises on January 29 to discuss arrangements for Maha Shiva ratri jatara. Collector instructed officials to make elaborate arrangements for jatara by following covid norms.

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