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The Veerabhadra Swamy temple astatine Lepakshi successful Sri Sathya Sai territory is afloat geared up for the 11-day ‘Sharannavaratri’ celebrations, which commenced connected Monday. The historical temple is expected to gully a surge of devotees from respective parts of Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Karnataka.
The Endowments Department officials said that the festivities volition diagnostic regular rituals, floral decorations for the presiding deity, and taste programmes, which volition beryllium the item of the Dasara celebrations. Special pujas to Goddess Durga volition beryllium performed daily, portion ‘Annadanam’ has already commenced connected the temple premises.
The temple committee chairman, Karanam Rama Nandan, said that the Dasara festival was being organised nether the guidance of Hindupur MLA and histrion Nandamuri Balakrishna, who had been monitoring the arrangements. The constabulary medication had already grounded the bandobast enactment program for the festivities, helium said. The temple officials appealed to the devotees to sponsor regular floral decorations and annadanam. “We are expecting a immense turnout of devotees during these Navaratri celebrations,” a temple authoritative said.
Meanwhile, the elevation shrine of Sri Boyakonda Gangamma, administered by the Endowments Department, successful Chowdepalle mandal of Chittoor district, is spruced up for the nine-day festivities. The temple draws astir 3 lakh radical during the Navaratri celebrations, with a ample chunk of devotees from neighbouring Karnataka.
The celebrations began with peculiar ‘alankarams’ of the presiding deity successful assorted forms, including Sakambari, Saraswati, and Annapurna. The temple priests performed ‘homams’ and peculiar rituals connected Monday. The APSRTC officials said that during the Navarathri festivities, peculiar buses would beryllium operated from Madanapalle, Chittoor, Tirupati, and Bengaluru for the convenience of the devotees.
