Bhavanis who are visiting the Sri Durga Malleswara Swamywarla Devasthanam from the northern part of Andhra Pradesh to relinquish their deeksha have expressed disappointment at the inadequate toilet and bathroom facilities near the bathing ghats along the Krishna river.
Srimusuru Ramakrishna, aged 35, who was a part of the group of 43 Bhavanis that came from Srikakulam by a private vehicle, said that they had to wait more than an hour to use the bio-toilets.
“There were not more than 50 bio-bathrooms and toilets. Since we came in a group, we all went together to have darshan at the temple. It took nearly two hours for all of us to freshen up. Some of us could not use the toilet until we had the darshan as we were getting late,” he said, adding that the shower baths arranged on the ghats put some women in their group into inconvenience as men and women were having a bath at the same place. “There was no separate section for women,” he said.
