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Members of the Mesram clan have camped at Keslapur village ahead of the five-day Nagoba Jatara beginning January 18. Sacred rituals, including Mahapuja and Banpen Puja, will be performed as lakhs of tribals from across India gather to worship the serpent god.

Around 50,000 tribals from several parts of Telangana and neighbouring Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and other parts of the country congregate at Keslapur village

Under the supervision of Mesram Venkat Rao and priests Kosu, members of the clan performed Maha Puja and Satheek puja to kick start the seven-day-long holy affair between 10 pm and 11.30 pm by closing gates of the shrine

Venkat Rao stated that the Mesrams began their Kachur prachar (publicity) using a bullock cart in Keslapur village on Friday. On Saturday, they planned to place an order for sacred pots, which would be used for performing rituals during the fair at Rajampet village in Sirikonda mandal. Later that evening, they would travel from Rajampet to Koladi village in Gudihathnoor mandal.

he Mesrams reached the temple of Indradevi located in Indervelli mandal centre in the morning.

Nagoba Jatara is the second largest congregation of tribals in Telangana after the famous biennial Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara at Medaram of Mulugu district

The Mesrams led by head of the clan Venkatrao performed the rituals to mark the commencement of the fair.

The five-day long popular religious and cultural affair of the Mesram clan concluded at Keslapur village in Indervelli mandal

Potters belonging to Guggila clan from Sirikonda village in Echoda mandal have been making pots and utensils for the Mesrams since many decades

Carrying sacred water drawn from Godavari river, members of Mesram clan initially reached Indrayi Devi temple in Indervelli mandal centre and then arrived near the ancient Nagoba temple at Keslapur village to camp under banyan trees

They will use the water to cleanse idols of Nagoba temple and to perform ancient rituals during the annual five-day long Nagoba Jatara slated for January 21.

The water is used for performing rituals during the annual Nagoba Jatara, an important religious and cultural affair of the Mesram clan.

Mesrams dwelling in different parts of erstwhile Adilabad district arrived at the holy place and took part in the rituals to mark the initiation of the inauguration ceremony of the shrine.

Collector Sikta Patnaik unveiled wall posters relating to inauguration of the renovated Nagoba temple at Keslapur village in Indervelli mandal.

Adilabad: The five-day long Nagoba jatara, an important religious and cultural affair of members of the Mesram clan, concluded at Keslapur village in Indervelli mandal on Friday. The Mesrams traditionally worshipped Betal deity on the premises of the shrine and left the holy place by bullock cart at Keslapur village in mandal as part of […]

Adilabad: Stage is set for celebrating the annual Nagoba jatara, an important religious and cultural affair of the Mesram clan, at Keslapur village in Indervelli mandal on Monday night. According to elders and priests of the Mesrams, Members of the clan would perform Mahapuja, followed by Satheek puja, to kick start the five-day long event […]

Adilabad: Mesrams, who fetched holy water from Godavari at Hasthanamadugu on the outskirts of Kalamadugu village in Jannaram mandal of Mancherial district on Friday, performed special prayers at Indradevi temple as a prelude to their important annual religious and cultural affair Nagoba Jatara, in Indervelli mandal centre on Sunday. They would later camp under sacred […]

Adilabad: The Mesrams set out to fetch holy water of river Godavari from a spot called Hasthanamadugu on the outskirts of Kalamadugu village in Jannaram mandal of Mancherial district, from Keslapur village in Indervelli mandal on Thursday. The water is used to perform rituals during the annual Nagoba Jatara, an important religious and cultural affairs […]

According to the resolutions, limited number of members of the clan will participate in rituals and prayers to be performed as part of the affairs