MEDARAM (WARANGAL): The Sammakka Saralamma tribal jamboree at Medaram village of Tadwai mandal came to an end here on Saturday. Thousands of tribal families sent off their goddesses with traditional drum beats and Gussadi dances.
The tribal priests brought back the deities to their respective places of Kannepally (Saralamma), and Chilukalagutta hillock (Sammakka) and performed the Vanapravesham (back to forest) ceremony that signalled the end of the jatara.
A huge crowd thronged the venue to worship the deities on Saturday, the fourth and final day of the jatara.
Warangal collector B Rahul and SP Rajesh Kumar said 80 lakh devotees from across the country, particularly tribals from Maharashtra , Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh, came to the jatara this time. Both the officials expressed their satisfaction over the smooth completion of the jatara. The festival remained crime-free , the SP said.
The district authorities on Saturday, decided to begin sanitation works postjatara , on a war footing. Personnel from the departments of RWS, panchayat raj, medical and health, and animal husbandry will carry out the clean up operation .
