Sunday, July 26, 2009

Sammakka sarakka




Sammakka sarakka jatara or medaram jathara is a tribal festival of goddesses celebrated in medaram located in Warangal district in telangana region of Andhra Pradesh state, India
It commemorates the valiant fight put up by a mother and daughter, samakka and sarakka, with the reigning rulers over an unjust law.
It is celebrated in medaram when the beloved goddesses of the tribal’s visit them. Medaram is a remote place in the eturunagaram wildlife sanctuary, a part of dandakaranya, the largest surviving forest belt in the Deccan. It is the second largest religious congregation after the maha kumbh mela. The forest is transformed into a cosmopolis.

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