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Amid monolithic crowds of devotees, the tribal deities Sammakka and Saralamma were ceremonially taken backmost to their respective abodes arsenic portion of Vana Pravesham connected Saturday evening, marking the decision of the four-day biennial Sammakka–Saralamma Maha Jatara that attracted millions of devotees.
As per tradition, the presiding deity Sammakka was taken to the ineffable groves connected the Chilakalagutta hillock, portion Saralamma returned to her temple astatine Kannepalli village. The ritual procession besides included Pagiddaraju being taken to Ponugondlu colony successful Kothaguda mandal and Govindaraju to Kondai colony successful Eturnagaram mandal by Koya priests. Minister Seethakka and respective different leaders witnessed the event.
Several elder officials and dignitaries visited the shrine and offered prayers up of the ritual. Women Development and Child Welfare Principal Secretary Anita Ramachandran, District Collector T.S. Divakara and his household members, Superintendent of Police (SP) Sudhir R. Kekan and respective elder officials, participated successful the prayers earlier the deities departed for Vana Pravesham.
Traffic congestion
Pilgrims scramble to connection bangaram (jaggery) earlier the tribal deities instrumentality to their Vana Pravesham, connected the last time of the 4-day Sammakka Saralamma Jatara, successful Medaram, Mulugu district, connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL
Meanwhile, devotees faced terrible hardship owed to postulation congestion connected routes starring to Medaram. Vehicular question came to a standstill for respective hours betwixt Pasra-Tadvai-Medaram way from Friday nighttime to Saturday morning. Many vehicles, including those transporting indispensable supplies specified arsenic milk, were stranded.
Some devotees alleged mediocre postulation absorption contempt the deployment of a ample constabulary force. “I started astatine midnight and reached Medaram lone by 11.30 p.m. the adjacent day,” said Bharat, a nonmigratory of Hanamkonda. An authoritative of a authorities corp alleged misuse of indispensable services conveyance passes, contributing to congestion.
Others pointed retired that roadworthy widening and the usage of modern technologies, including artificial intelligence, failed to easiness postulation owed to shortcomings successful on-ground management. The concern improved marginally by Saturday day with the involution and adjacent monitoring by the elder IPS officers.
A ample fig of devotees, however, remained stranded for respective hours astatine Medaram arsenic Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (RTC) buses were unavailable for their return, reportedly owed to mediocre coordination betwixt the RTC and different departments. Sources said that the organisation of VIP and VVIP passes successful thousands to nationalist representatives, elder bureaucrats, and others led to postulation congestion, arsenic galore of them arrived successful convoys of vehicles.
