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Lakhs of devotees from antithetic parts of Karnataka and the neighbouring States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra witnessed the yearly just of Sri Mailaralingeshwar temple successful Mailapur colony of Yadgir territory connected Wednesday.
The yearly just began connected Monday.
On Sankranti time (Wednesday), the idol of Mailaralingeshwar was brought successful a palanquin for a beatified dip successful a water amid continuous chanting of Elu Koti Elu Kotige by devotees. Then, the idol was taken backmost from the water to the temple, situated connected a hillock, arsenic portion of the rituals.
Devotees throng the water wherever the idol of the main deity was taken for a beatified dip successful Mailapur ofllage successful Yadgir territory connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The devotees threw jowar stalk, Bhandar and sheep’s hairsbreadth connected the palanquin arsenic a solemnisation of age-old rituals.
Earlier, the devotees utilized to propulsion unrecorded sheep and goats connected the palanquin. But the signifier was strictly prevented by the prohibition orders issued by the territory medication years ago.
Thereafter, the devotees started throwing jowar stalk connected the palanquin. They utilized to manus implicit animals that they brought to the officers of Animal Husbandry Department astatine check-posts and now, the aforesaid bid continues to beryllium successful operation.
According to sources, 777 sheep and goats were collected from the devotees astatine the check-posts.
“The seized sheep and goats volition beryllium sold successful a nationalist auction adjacent arsenic the full worth of the seized animals was estimated to beryllium ₹22.55 lakh,” the sources said.
Meanwhile, aft the idol was taken backmost to the temple pursuing the beatified dip, a clergyman pulled an robust concatenation tagged with a chromatic rod other the temple portion devotees gathered determination threw Bhandar successful the air.
Buses from antithetic parts are being operated to Mailapur by the Kalyan Karnataka Road Transport Corporation. Apart from that, authorities buses from Telangana are besides being operated. The Kalyan Karnataka Road Transport Corporation has deployed its unit to pass and usher devotees arriving successful the temple municipality to scope the temple utilizing authorities transportation.
Staff from the Home, Revenue, Health, Social Welfare, Women and Child Welfare, Rural Development and Panchayat and different departments joined hands unneurotic to guarantee a peaceful yearly fair.
Earlier, they attended a bid of meetings chaired by Deputy Commissioner Harshal Bhoyar to sermon the preparations made for providing basal needs, including drinking h2o and makeshift toilets for women, and ensuring the information of devotees.
Traders and businessmen person enactment up impermanent shops to merchantability breakfast, sugarcane foodstuff and crystal cream.
However, assorted organisations person erected tents astatine antithetic places en route to Mailapur from Yadgir metropolis and provided escaped nutrient and drinking h2o to devotees going connected ft to the temple.
Talking with The Hindu, Superintendent of Police Pruthwik Shankar said that the just has been peaceful and determination person been nary untoward incidents.
“We person made elaborate information arrangements with a fig of closed circuit tv (CCTV) cameras enactment up astatine cardinal places to observe the question of devotees and others to forestall imaginable crime. Also, capable constabulary unit person been deployed connected work successful the full area,“ helium added.
Though the just volition proceed until Sunday, the fig of devotees visiting the temple whitethorn spot a diminution from Thursday, arsenic the main lawsuit was gone done connected Wednesday.
