Medaram Jatara comes to an end after four days
Deccan ChronicleMulugu: Devotional frenzy marked the conclusion of the four-day Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara, popularly known as Medaram Jatara, Asia’s biggest biennial tribal fair, on Saturday. A huge number of devotees thronged Medaram from early hours on Saturday while those who had darshan and offered prayers, camping in temporary tents, returned to homes with the blessings of the tribal deities. Of the total 1.25 crore of devotees, around 30 lakh to 40 lakh of them visited Medaram, a month before the jatara began in view of the widespread Coronavirus Omicron variant and offered prayers. Ministers Errabelli Dayakar Rao and Allola Indrakaran Reddy who camped in Medaram for the past four days, supervising the arrangements for smooth conduct of the biggest tribal fair, thanked all officials and staff members of medical, sanitation, revenue, police and other departments for making the jatara a huge success.