The stage is set for Seetharama Kalyanam as part of Sri Rama Navami to be celebrated at Sri Seetha Ramachandraswamy Devasthanam here in Bhadrachalam.
CM KCR and his family members were invited for the celestial wedding.
The district administration, endowments department, and police have made elaborate arrangements for the festival which will attract devotees from all over AP, Telangana, and other parts of the country.
The TSRTC is operating as many as 500 special buses to Bhadrachalam from different parts of the State, informed Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar.
Three lakh ‘Laddus are getting ready for prasadam’ to distribute to the devotees have to be taken. Around 60 centres have been set up to distribute ‘talambralu’ devotees.
Cool Drinking water will be given at 200 places in the town. Six parking lots have been put in place. Around 35 doctors and 150 paramedical staff will be on duty at the temple town to offer medical services.
Indrakaran Reddy the Minister for endowments is expected to attend Kalyanotsavam to present ‘Pattu Vastrams’ and ‘Mutyala Talambralu’ to the deities.
Minister Ajay Kumar will also participate in the celebration. We do not know if KCR is coming for the Kalyanam.
‘Edurukolu Utsavam’ is held on the temple premises where the introduction and interaction of the bridegroom Lord Rama and the bride Goddess Seetha has taken place.
It is a sacred tradition performed a day before the celestial wedding of the deities. The event of Srirama Pattabhishekam will also be done in Bhadrachalam.