VIZIANAGARAM: The royal family of Bobbili Samsthanam performed ayudha pooja on Navami day of Dussehra on Monday to the weapons including the ones used in the Bobbili-Vizianagaram kingdoms War in 1757. The 15 th generation of Bobbili Rajas performed poojas to artefacts, including weapons, swords, spears, rifles, daggers, and others that were displayed.
The traditional Ayudha pooja to ancestral artefacts started with the procession of their ancestral gold throne, an ornate chair used by the king or emperor, after performing special poojas to it. They carried out the procession on the premises of the fort in the presence of the public.