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All set for spiritual extravaganza
The Telangana government is leaving no stone unturned to make Krishna Pushkaralu a grand success. It is making elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of the religious extravaganza beginning August 12 during which pilgrims will take holy dip in the Krishna river.
Mahbubnagar: The Telangana government is leaving no stone unturned to make Krishna Pushkaralu a grand success. It is making elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of the religious extravaganza beginning August 12 during which pilgrims will take holy dip in the Krishna river.
According to an official release issued here on Wednesday, as many as 52 ghats - 10 major, 15 minor and 27 local ghats - were set up in Mahbubnagar district alone as devotees are expected mostly from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Hyderabad and bordering districts of Telangana for the holy dip.
The festival will be held till August 23. “Around 6,720 police personnel will be deployed - 3,920 are from other districts and 2,800 from Mahbubnagar. Also, 375 CCTV cameras are installed at 25 ghats and major highway junctions with main control room at Beechupally and DPO Mahbubnagar and sub-control rooms at each ghat,” the release said.
Known for his religious and ritualistic habits, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is expected to take the holy dip at Gondimalla ghat and later visit Jogulambda Temple in Alampur in the district on Friday morning, according to the release. The district police have also created a Facebook page - Mahbubnagar Police-Krishna Pushkaralu-2016 - to disseminate crucial information about the ghats, routes, traffic advisories, emergency contact information, etc.
“This is also being used as a citizen-interface to receive suggestions and to give instructions to pilgrims about the Do’s and Don’ts during the Pushkar festival,” the release further said. A senior police official said as many as 7,000 security personnel would be deployed in Nalgonda district where 28 ghats have been set up for the pilgrims. Besides the district police, personnel from neighbouring Khammam, Warangal and Cyberabad would also be pressed into service, he said.
Telangana State Road Transport Corporation will ply special buses to various ghats in Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts. Krishna Pushkaralu is a festival of River Krishna which normally occurs once in 12 years. The Pushkaralu is observed for a period of 12 days from the time of entry of Jupiter into Virgo (Kanya rasi).
