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Andhra Pradesh
Turning to Gangamma
By Our Staff Reporter
VISAKHAPATNAM,
DEC. 27.
Even as life limped back to normalcy at the Fishing Harbour here, a day after tsunami caused devastation in the entire east coast, fisherfolk offered traditional prayers to the sea goddess, Gangamma.
Dancing to the beats of `dappu' (drum), they came in large numbers to the temple located near the harbour and conducted special prayers with potfuls of toddy, turmeric water and neem leaves.
Goddess is `furious'
The fisherfolk believe that Gangamma was furious due to unknown reasons, which triggered the tsunami. "We think that She is angry and unless we appease Her with prayers and toddy, She will not cool down,'' Polamma, a fisherwoman, said.
The fisherfolk came in procession from Prasada Gardens and Kotha Jalaripeta around noon and prayed before the Goddess in turns as the temple was very small and located opposite harbour.
Later, another group of fisherfolk went to the shore near Krishna Park, broke coconuts on rocks brought by them and immersed bunches of bananas, their leaves and tender parts of the plant's trunk in the sea.
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