Sitarama Kalyanam was performed at the 600-year-old Sri Ramalayam at Sriramagiri Kshetram on the banks of the Sabari in Vara Ramachandrapuram in East Godavari district on Friday. Tribal people from different villages of V.R. Puram, Koonavaram, Velerupadu, Chinturu and Kukkunuru have thronged the temple from early hours of the day to witness the Kalyanam.
“Till now, people of above mandals used to attend Sri Rama Kalyanam at Bhadrachalam,” said Padala Lakshmi, Dwcra member and member of the temple.
Sri Srinivasacharylu, one of the priests of the temple, said that this place was sacred as the Sabari merges with the Godavari. He said that there was a need to develop this temple on par with Bhadrachalam and Ontimitta.
Gollalamamidada temple
The festival was celebrated in a grand manner at the Sri Kodanda Rama temple in Gollalamamidada of Pedapudi mandal. The chief priests of the Gollalamamidada Surya temple in which the Rama temple was constructed, Rejeti Venkata Kurma Ranganathacharyulu and Venkata Narasimhacharyulu, performed ‘Suprabhata Seva’ at 4 a.m. and allowed devotees into the temple from 5 a.m.
The celestial wedding was also performed at Annavaram, Satyawada in K. Gangavaram, and Vadapalli in Konaseema in East Godavari district.
Music festival
Sri Rama Navami music festival was organised for nine days in Hindu Samajam. Nimmalapudi Veerraju has been organising the festival under the banner of Sri Rama Bhaktha Gana Sabha for the last 47 years. In Rajahmundry, Sri Rama Navami was celebrated with enthusiasm.
The Seetharamachandra Swami temple in Seethampeta wore a festive look. Priests here performed the celestial wedding.
Urban SP S. Harikrishna and his wife participated in the festival at the temple in the police quarters.
