Nalgonda: Firewalking draws thousands of devotees to Cheruvugattu jatara

Amid chanting of Vedic hymns by the temple priests, the ritual was conducted at the hillshrine in the early hours of Monday.

Nalgonda: Aggigundalu (Firewalking), a ritual in which devotees walk on coal fire, during Sri Parvathi Jadala Ramalingeshwara Swamy Jatara celebrations at Cheruvugattu of Narketpally mandal in Nalgonda district, attracted thousands of devotees on Monday.

Amid chanting of Vedic hymns by the temple priests, the ritual was conducted at the hillshrine in the early hours of Monday. Aggigundalu would be considered as one of the key rituals of annual jatara. As per the tradition, the farmers also offered castor seeds and millets cultivated by them to the fire ignited for Aggigundalu.

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The devotees competed to walk on the coal fire with bare foot by bearing the palanquin of presiding deities of Goddess Parvathi and Lord Jadala Ramalingeshwara Swamy on their shoulders. The performances of Shiva Sathulu who arrived from different parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh praising Lord Shiva, also became centre of attraction at the jatara celebrations.

Keeping in mind the incidents of a devotee falling in the coal fire and receiving injuries during the jatara last year, the temple authorities have taken up special measures to avoid such incidents at the ritual.

 

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