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AP: Peddapuram Maridamma `Jaathara’ to draw over 10 lakh devotees

Kakinada, June 24 (UNI) Over ten lakh devotees from across Andhra Pradesh are expected to throng the holy shrine of Peddapuram town to have a darshan of the Village deity Maridamma during the five week long festival (Jathara) commencing from June 25.
The Maridamma Deity `Ashada Jaathara ‘will be held on a grand scale on the lines of Sammakka- Sarakka Jatara in Telangana . The endowments department made elaborate arrangements to ensure more devotees to have darshan and offer special poojas with much devotion.
Temple executive officer K .Vijayalakshmi and Hereditary trustee and chairman Dr Chinthapalli Brahmaji said during five weeks a variety of cultural programmes such as Thappeta Gullu, Pedda Puli (tiger) Aata, Sulaala Sambaram, Goddess Kalika Devi Avatars, Kantara and Aghoras were being arranged . On Tuesdays and Fridays evenings Mass Kumkum Pooja will be performed.
In addition to medical camps, milk supply to children and the aged is being arranged.
Free food is being arranged for the devotees by enlisting the support of philanthropists. The five week long Jaathara will have a grand finale on July 31, they added. UNI XC KNR SSP
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