Strange are the ways where pilgrims would try to please the god. The offerings are also in strange forms. Mostly it is in the form of cash gold so on and so forth. But now Scorpions are being offered here.
Tirumala Kondala Rayudu temple was crowded with devotees offering scorpions to the deity at Kodumur in Kurnool district.
The tradition of offering live scorpions to the deity on every third Saturday of holy Shravana masam is a decade-old tradition for the devotees of Kodumur.
The villagers competed with each other to catch the scorpions in the hilly area. they then kept them the scorpions on the deity without harming themselves.
The reptiles also would not bite the people at the Kondalarayudu temple. The temple is located on Kondrai Konda hill area on the outskirts of Kodumur mandal head quarters.
Devotees thronged the temple to offer pujas. They came to witness the astonishing sight of the live scorpions being placed on the deity.
