Devotees flock to Indrakeeladri for darshan of Gayatri Devi on second day of Dasara festivities 

A mean unreserved was witnessed astatine the Kanaka Durga temple atop Indrakeeladri connected the 2nd time of Dasara festivities connected Tuesday. The presiding deity was adorned arsenic ‘Gayatri Devi’, considered the parent of the Vedas. 

Nearly 60,000 devotees thronged the hillock to person a glimpse of the deity. The ₹500-ticket queue lines wore a deserted look arsenic nary of the devotees bought it. While the fig of ₹300 tickets sold stood astatine 2,998, ₹100 tickets sold was 3,162. A fewer devotees walked up to ‘Gali Gopuram’ with their footwear and nary of the on-duty unit noticed it, starring to a tiny commotion.

The famed ‘laddu prasadam’ saw the mentation of 36 lakh laddus for the 11-day festival, with escaped organisation connected ‘Mula Nakshatra’ and ‘Vijayadashami’. Authorities maintained the highest prime standards successful ingredients and hygiene, ensuring devotees received harmless prasadam.

VIP participation

Whip Bolishetti Srinivas and Unguturu MLA Patsamatla Dharmaraju, arsenic good arsenic State ministers and legislators, visited the temple for the darshan of the Goddess. Priests offered Vedic blessings and ineffable waters to the VIPs and devotees alike.

The authorities besides announced the preparations for the upcoming sojourn of Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan connected Wednesday (September 24). He volition partake successful the ‘Sharannavarathri’ celebrations and Vijayawada Utsav, with each information and protocol arrangements finalised nether the supervision of the District Collector.

NTR District Collector G. Lakshmisha, on with Vijayawada Municipal Commissioner (VMC) Dhyanachandra, monitored the celebrations from the Command Control Centre (CCC). Officials coordinated continuously to forestall inconvenience, utilizing drone exertion for real-time monitoring and deploying peculiar assistance teams for the elderly, differently-abled and large women.