Car Overturns Near Medaram Festival In Mulugu
- Road accident injures devotees travelling to Tiruguvaram festival
- Police shift injured from Mulugu district to area hospital
A Bolero vehicle overturned while carrying devotees to the Tiruguvaram festival in Medaram, leaving 15 people injured, including six in critical condition. The road accident occurred in Mulugu district as the group travelled to take part in the religious event linked to the Sammakka and Kannepalli temples. Police reached the spot soon after the incident and shifted the injured to the Mulugu Area Hospital for treatment.
According to available details, the vehicle lost control and overturned while on its way to the Tiruguvaram festival. As a result, several passengers sustained serious injuries. The police acted quickly, ensured medical help, and arranged transport for the injured. The injured were identified as villagers from Charla in Bhadradri Kothagudem district. Meanwhile, doctors at the hospital began treatment, with six patients reported to be in critical condition.
The Tiruguvaram festival is being celebrated at the Sammakka and Kannepalli temples in Medaram on Wednesday. It is customary to observe Tiruguvaram a week after the Mahajatra concludes. During this festival, priests carry out temple purification rituals. They light lamps and offer traditional offerings as part of the ceremonies. Family members of priests, along with tribals and non tribals, pay obeisances to the goddess during the rituals.
Later, priests store the puja equipment and clothes inside the temples. With this process, all Mahajatra activities formally come to an end with Tiruguvaram. The festival holds deep cultural and religious importance for the tribal communities connected to Medaram. Therefore, large numbers of devotees travel from different districts to attend the rituals every year.
In addition, the Pagidigidde Raju Tiruguvaram festival will be held in Punugodla of Gangaram mandal in Mahabubabad district. According to tribal culture and traditions, priests will celebrate this festival for three days. Meanwhile, authorities continue to monitor the condition of those injured in the Mulugu road accident. Police are also reviewing the circumstances that led to the Bolero vehicle overturning while travelling to the Medaram Tiruguvaram festival.
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