Srisailam temple town gears up for Dasara festivities

The management of Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy temple at Srisailam is gearing up for the Dasara festivities which would commence from September 22.

During the nine-day festivities, which will come to an end on October 2, vahana sevas will be performed to the Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy and Goddess Bhramaramba daily. The Goddess will be adorned in nine ‘avatarams’ during the festivities.

Srisailam temple Executive Officer M. Srinivasa Rao held a preparatory meeting on the arrangements to be made for the vahana sevas, alankarams, ‘Shami’ puja to be performed on Vijaya Dasami day, Teppotsavam to be performed in the temple pond, and the facilities to be provided for the devotees who would be visiting the temple town. Dasara festivities attract huge devotee rush from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka States.

Mr. Srinivasa Rao asked the Vedic priests to perform all the ‘kainkaryams’ as per traditions during the nine days. He wanted them to be maintain punctuality in offering kainkaryams to the presiding deities. He asked the engineering wing officials to arrange LED screens in the temple town for the devotees to witness the festivities.

The temple town will be illuminated for the festivities and the gardening department will be arranging flower decoration with the themes of Dasara festival. The vigilance and security department was asked to take precautionary steps to ensure that there was no traffic jams during the festival days and adequate parking arrangements are made. They were asked to coordinate with the local police for making fool-proof arrangements.

As the flow of devotees will be more, the temple management had decided to focus on proper sanitation measures and the sanitation wing was asked to maintain the toilets clean and hygienic. It was also decided to provide annadanam during afternoon and snacks during night as per the rush of devotees at the Annaprasada complex. Devotees waiting in queue lines will be provided with drinking water and snacks regularly.

Notice boards will be installed showcasing the importance of various days of the festivities and publicity will be given in social media platforms for the festivities at the temple. During the nine days, various programmes including religious discourses, traditional dances, cultural programmes, harikatha will be organised at the Nityakala Vedika while it was planned to arrange traditional dance forms like ‘kolatam’, ‘Chekka Bhajana’, Nandikolu seva, drums and folk art forms during the ‘Gramotsavam’.