'Ghatam' procession today

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, JULY 7

A procession of `ghatams', the flower-bedecked icons of various goddesses, on the evening of Sunday will mark the beginning of various programmes/poojas of the 53rd annual `jatara' organised by the Akkanna Madanna Mahankali Temple at Haribowli, Shalibanda.

The procession, starting at the Kasivishvanath temple, would reach the Laldarwaza crossroads, from where the ghatams would be taken to various temples for installation, Messrs G. Anand, president, Sri Mahankali All-Temples Combined Procession Committee, S. Ranga Rao, convener of the sports and cultural sub- committee, and G. Rajaratnam, general secretary of the committee, told a press conference here on Saturday.

They said a number of dignitaries, Messrs C. Krishna Yadav, Minister for Labour, A. Narendra, MP, D.Nagender and K.Laxman, MLAs, and M. Shashidhar Reddy, former minister, would be among those who receive the `ghatams' at the Laldarwaza crossroads. The procession of `Jhoolas' (devimata thottis) on July 14 and `Bali Harana' and pooja on July 15 would be the highlights, before the last day of the jatara.

On July 16, the concluding day, the events would include `potharaju swagatham', `rangam' and a procession of decorated ghatams. The procession would reach Charminar in the evening when several Central and State Ministers would be present. The ghatams would reach Mata Ghat, Nayapool, for immersion.

The committee leaders stated that the MCH had sanctioned for the `jatara' Rs.46 lakhs for improving the roads and Rs.9.5 lakhs for illumination. They said the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board had agreed to provide water supply on July 15 and 16.

Mr. Rajatarnam appealed to the MCH to stop the work to widen the road in Haribowl, where three temples and eight dargas are located.

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