Executive Officer Sankatala Srinivas reported that 10,000 to 15,000 devotees from various parts of the district and neighboring districts—Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Nirmal, Adilabad, Peddapalli, and Jagtial—gathered to offer special prayers, forming long queue lines. Many devotees also took a holy dip in the Godavari River on the village outskirts before joining the rituals.