Thousands of devotees thronged mini altars of tribal deities Sammakka and Saralamma on the banks of the Godavari river in Mancherial and nearby areas on Thursday, offering prayers, bonam and sacrifices as part of the annual fair organised with civic support
The Nagoba Jatara at Keslapur village in Adilabad district witnessed a massive turnout, with nearly 3 lakh devotees from Telangana and neighbouring states participating in rituals and prayers. The event included the customary Bheting ceremony, where newly wedded women and daughters-in-law were formally inducted into the Mesram clan.
Ahead of the Medaram Maha Jatara, locals are selling hot water for Rs 50 per bucket to devotees during the Sankranti rush. Over one lakh devotees visited on Friday, causing traffic jams in Mulugu near key temples and roads
BRS chief and Leader of the Opposition K Chandrashekhar Rao hosted Ministers Konda Surekha and D Seethakka at his Erravelli residence, where they formally invited him to attend the upcoming Sammakka Saralamma Jatara at Medaram
The Medaram temple will remain closed for darshan on Wednesday from 9 am to 2 pm due to the installation of Govindaraj and Pagididdaraju mandapams. Devotees can resume darshan of Sammakka Saralamma from Thursday, the chief priest said.
Harish Rao warned that if the Congress government failed to provide loan waiver amount to all the farmers, BRS leaders and workers would take the fight to Delhi and stage a protest in front of Gandhi's residence
Adilabad: Tribal rights organisation, Tudumdebba demanded that seer Chinna Jeeyar Swamy be booked under SC, ST Prevention of Atrocities Act for his reported derogatory comments against tribal deities Sammakka-Saralamma. Speaking to pressmen here on Thursday, Tudumdebba district president G Ganesh deplored Jeeyar Swamy for commenting on the tribal deities that symbolize self-respect of the aboriginal […]
Mancherial: Elaborate arrangements were made at mini altars of Sammakka Saralamma for organising the biannual fair in coal belt towns Mancherial, Mandamarri, Ramakrishnapur and Srirampur. While the altar was formed by the Endowments Department on the shores of Godavari, the other holy structures were erected by SCCL in Mandamarri, Ramakrishnapur and Srirampur towns for the […]
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 […]
