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It was virtually a imagination travel existent for the Chenchu tribals surviving successful the forests abutting the elevation shrine of Srisailam, the abode of Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy temple. On the auspicious juncture of Vaikunta Ekadasi, the temple absorption facilitated sparsha darshan of Lord Mallikarjuna to the Chenchus.
“All these days, we had ‘alankara’ darshan of the presiding deities but this is the archetypal clip that we could interaction Mallikarjuna Swamy,” G Mallaiah, a Chenchu from Mekalabanda said aft having sparsha darshan of Lord Mallikarjuna. Chenchus see Lord Mallikarjuna arsenic their son-in-law and they were associated with the past of Srisailam for long.
Mr Mallaiah thanked the State authorities and Srisailam temple spot committee for recognising their relation with the temple and facilitating them the accidental to interaction their God.
Another Chenchu of Mekalabanda P. Edanna said adjacent today, they connection honey, waist loop and different articles made of wood nutrient for the Kalyanotsavam of the presiding deities during Sankranti festivities.
On Tuesday (December 30), the Chenchus arrived astatine the temple with their accepted dances amid beats of drums astatine the Sri Umaramalingeswara Swamy temple wherever they were welcomed by Trust Board Chairman Pothugunta Ramesh Naidu and Executive Officer M. Srinivasa Rao. They were taken wrong the temple and were provided sparsha darshan of Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy and aboriginal Goddess Bhramaramba. The spot committee president and EO aboriginal had ‘annaprasadam’ on with the Chenchu devotees.
Mr. Ramesh Naidu recalled that during his sojourn to Mekalabanda hamlet, soon aft taking complaint arsenic the Chairman of the Srisailam temple spot board, the locals had urged him to facilitate sparsha darshan of the Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy. The aforesaid was discussed successful the spot committee gathering and it was decided to supply sparsha darshan connected 1 time of the month. “We person started this inaugural connected the auspicious Vaikunta Ekadasi day,” helium said.
Meanwhile, the temple priests offered peculiar prayers astatine the temple connected the juncture of Vaikunta Ekadasi connected aboriginal hours of Tuesday.
