Medaram Jatara: Devotees can offer jaggery to deities through online

Hyderabad: Devotees can now offer jaggery to the Sammakka Saralamma jatara from February 21 to 24 by booking for the service through Mee Seva or T-APP Folio.

As part of tradition, many devotees offer jaggery equaling their weight to the deities.

Generally lakhs of devotees, including those from Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and other States, wish to offer jaggery but due to different reasons, many cannot make it to the festivities.

Considering the hardships faced by such devotees, Endowments Minister Konda Surekha on Wednesday in association with the postal department launched a service facilitating them to offer the jaggery by making payments through Mee Seva or T APP Folio.

To utilize the service, devotees have to pay Rs.60 a kg. For instance, if a devotee weighs 50 kg, then he needs to pay Rs.3,000. In addition to these, Rs.35 has to be paid towards Mee Seva charges and Rs.100 for postal charges with the cumulative total to be Rs.3,135.

Prasadam would be delivered to the devotees through postal department courier service. There are 5,000 Mee Seva centres and 1.5 lakh postal offices, including 6,000 in Telangana. These bookings can be made either online or offline as per the convenience of the devotees.