About 1.25 crore people are expected to visit Medaram through 3.5 lakh private vehicles and 4,000 RTC buses. This will pose a challenge to the police to regulate vehicular traffic and provide parking.
Hyderabad: Director-General of Police M Mahendar Reddy on Friday said about 9,000 police personnel would be deployed for the smooth conduct of Sammakka Saralamma jatara at Medaram from February 16 to 19. Reddy, who took part in a meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to review the arrangements being made for jatara, said […]
Hyderabad: Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod on Sunday said elaborate arrangements had been made for the successful conduct of Asia’s biggest tribal festival – Sammakka Saralamma jatara in Medaram from February 16. Heavy vehicles that are arriving at Medaram from different parts of the State and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh will be diverted from […]
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 […]
Mulugu: District Collector S Krishna Aditya launched the official website of Medaram Jatara www.medaramjathara.com and an official App at the Collectorate for the convenience of devotees planning to visit the Sammakka Saralamma jatara scheduled to be held from February 16 to 19. Speaking on the occasion, the Collector said that the website and App have […]
Adilabad: The annual Nagoba Jatara, an important religious and cultural affair of Mesram, one of the seven clans belonging to Raj Gonds began on a colourful start at Keslapur village of Indervelli mandal on Monday night. The fair is the second largest congregation after the biannual Sammakka Saralamma Jatara organised at Medaram in Mulugu district. […]
Hyderabad: The State government was taking necessary steps to protect disappearing tribal arts and communities, said Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod here on Monday. The State government nominating koya tribe singer and doli artiste Sakinala Ramachandraiah, who plays doli during Sammakka Saralamma jatara at Medaram for Padma Shri award, reflected the State government’s commitment towards […]
Hyderabad: Drones and artificial intelligence (AI) technology will aid the police department for crowd management during historic biennial Sammakka Saralamma jatara at Medaram in SS Tadwai mandal in Mulugu district from February 16. The same AI technology helped the police in conducting jatara without any incident in 2020. Over 1.6 crore devotees visited Medaram last […]
Adilabad: Members of Mesram clan, who fetched holy water in an ancient container Jhari from Godavari near Kalamadugu village in Jannaram mandal arrived to Keslapur village in Indervelli mandal centre as part of their annual important and religious affair, Nagoba Jatara, on Friday. Nagoba Jata is the second largest fair after the bi-annual Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara […]
As per the schedule given by the priests, the tribal deities Saralamma, Govindaraju and Pagididdaraju would arrive at the 'Gaddelu' on February 16, 2022, followed by the deity Sammakka on Feb 17
