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Vizianagaram Collector S. Ramsundar Reddy connected Thursday visited the Ramatheertham and Punyagiri temples and reviewed the arrangements for Maha Shivaratri that volition beryllium celebrated connected February 15, 2026. The Collector directed Revenue, Endowments and Police section officials to guarantee hassle-free darshan for devotees connected the time of the festival
Hundreds of pilgrims from crossed the territory and assorted different places sojourn the Ramatheertham temple arsenic it is believed that the Pandava brothers offered peculiar prayers to Lord Shiva astatine the temple. On Maha Shivaratri time devotees besides sojourn the Lord Shiva temple, adjacent to Lord Rama’s temple. They besides question to Punyagiri, astir 35 km from Vizianagaram to person darshan astatine the Umakotilingeswara Alarayam.
The Collector’s sojourn to some the temples is important successful the backdrop of stampede-like concern astatine respective temples including the Arasavilli Sri Suryanarayana Swamy temple during Rathasaptami on January 25, 2026.
