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Abhishekam performed to Uma Ramalingeswary Swamy
On Saturday, a woman from each of the 1500 houses in the village performed ‘abhishekam’ to Lord Siva and Goddess Uma. They performed panchamruta abhishekham to deities in the temple, including Lord Lakshminarayana, Lord Ganesh and Lord Surya in the Siva Panchayatana Kshetra temple.
Pithapuram: Cutting across caste and religious affiliations, everyone in Durgada village of Gollaprolu mandal contribute one pitcher of water to presiding deity of Uma Ramalingeswary Swamy to ward of calamities like drought. This has been the practice for the past four decades.
On Saturday, a woman from each of the 1500 houses in the village performed ‘abhishekam’ to Lord Siva and Goddess Uma. They performed panchamruta abhishekham to deities in the temple, including Lord Lakshminarayana, Lord Ganesh and Lord Surya in the Siva Panchayatana Kshetra temple.
According to legend, there was a severe drought in the village 40 years ago. Then a Siva Linga was discovered in the village temple tank with Goddess Gangamma sitting atop the siva Linga.
The villagers built a temple for it and performed Sahasrabhishekam to appease the deities. As a consequence, drought was driven out of the village’s soil. Temple priest Cherukuru Veerababu said that the villagers strongly believe that performing abhishekam would appease Rain Gods.
