Sri Rama Navami celebrated on grand scale
Sri Rama Navami | The celestial wedding of Lord Sri Rama and Goddesses Sita Devi was held on the grand scale at the noted Sita Ramachandra Swamy temple in Badradri-Kothagudem temple on Sunday. After low key celebrations at the famous temple in the last two years due to the COVID pandemic.
Ministers Endowment Indrakaran Reddy, Satyavathi Rathod and Puvvada Ajay Kumar presented the silk clothes (Pattu Vastrams) and mutyala Talambralu presented to the temple on the behalf of the State government. On the behalf of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), It’s chairman Y V Subba Reddy presented the silk clothes to the temple.
This time, devotees in large numbers from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and other parts of the country thronged the temple and watched the celestial wedding held at the Midhila Stadium in the town.
Since the last two years, the celestial wedding was held in low key and devotees were restricted due to covid pandemic.
With the pandemic abating, the government has decided to conduct the event in the open and on a grand scale. The temple management has allocated two crore for the arrangements this year.
Temple officials have arranged drinking water, buttermilk and air coolers in the kalyana mandapam. Special LED TVs have been set up at vantage points.
On the other hand, keeping in view the Maoist influence, the police department made foolproof arrangements with 2,100 personnel. The district collectors of Khammam and Kothagudem-Badrachalam, senior officials from various departments were present.
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