Chittoor former MLA C.Ok. Babu unveiling the publicity posters of Sri Nadiveedhi Gangamma Jatara in Chittoor on Sunday.
After lacking the festivities due to COVID-19 throughout 2020-22, denizens of Chittoor district are eagerly wanting ahead to attending this yr’s goddess Sri Nadiveedhi Gangamma Thalli Jatara, scheduled for May 16 and 17.
Police count on an enormous turnout of devotees from throughout the mixed Chittoor district and the neighbouring Tamil Nadu. The occasion has a wealthy historical past spanning 350 years, throughout which it loved the patronage of the Arcot Nawabs and the British.
On May 16, hereditary dharmakarta of the pageant and Chittoor former MLA C.Ok. Babu and spouse C.Ok. Lavanya will provoke the pooja, which will probably be adopted by a ritual with Ambali (product of rice, ragi and curd). Devotees will probably be allowed darshan and to take part within the rituals until midnight. Mr. Babu has organized for the show of the standard jewelry belonging to the presiding deity and sought public cooperation for the sleek conduct of the occasion.
After the discharge of publicity posters, a whole bunch of individuals in sarees and different attires will hit the streets. The jatara will conclude on the night time of May 17, with the immersion of the idol of the goddess within the Kattamanchi tank, preceded by numerous feats of power and devotion by the residents, together with pulling of lorries with hooks hooked up to their our bodies.
The Shakti temples at Obanapalle, Santhapeta, Doddipalle, Murakambattu, Girimpeta, and Kondareddy Palle localities in and round Chittoor city will witness jataras concurrently of their areas. Marking the Chittoor Ganga Jatara, a whole bunch of villages round Chittoor may even observe the pageant by performing poojas at native temples.
Police officers stated about 800 armed personnel could be deployed to preserve legislation and order in Chittoor municipal company limits. Special groups could be fashioned to clear site visitors jams. The police have additionally issued directions that no congregation could be allowed to transfer shut to transformers. Jataras organisers at numerous locations in Chittoor have been advised to be cautious whereas enterprise illumination works. Just a few years in the past, a photojournalist was electrocuted in Chittoor throughout the Ganga Jatara.
Meanwhile, the drastic drop in temperature and the overcast sky due to the impact of cyclone Mocha have come as a pleasing shock for the residents of Chittoor district.
