Thousands of devotees, from T.N. and Karnataka as successfully, eradicate part in the 300 years extinct festival
Thousands of devotees, from T.N. and Karnataka as successfully, eradicate part in the 300 years extinct festival
Amid strict safety, over two lakh devotees participated in the annual Ganga Jatara celebrations right here on Wednesday and provided pujas to Goddess Gangamma Thalli on the current Bazaar street pandal.
It’s appealing to narrate that as antagonistic to for the clay idols that are sculpted and later immersed on the 2d day of the two-day jatara, there usually are now not any temples dedicated to the Goddess.
Marking the three-centuries-extinct festival that obtained patronage from British and Arcot Nawabs, the Shakti temples at Obanapalle, Santhapeta, Doddipalle, Murakambattu, Greamspet, and Kongareddy Palle localities in and spherical Chittoor Municipal Corporation witnessed frenzied moments with performance of a series of rituals and cultural activities.
The jatara starts with the hereditary “Dharmakarta” of the festival and extinct MLA C.K. Babu rendering “Tholi Puja” (initiation) at Ponniyamman Koil temple, and other pandals.
After crash of day, the Ambali ritual (a dish made of rice, ragi, and curd) commences, persevering with till late evening. A total lot of devotees eradicate section in the ritual that involves pouring the “ambali” into the barrels kept attain the deity, sooner than gathering a pair of of it for themselves.
Later, the
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