The nine-day Dasara festivities concluded at the Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam here with the ‘Teppotsavam’, the celestial boat ride, of goddess Kanaka Durga and her consort Malleswara Swamy, on Vijaya Dasami on Monday.
The environs of the Durga Ghat and the Prakasam barrage reverberated with the chanting of ‘Bhavani Mata Ki Jai.’ As the sunset reflected in the placid waters of the Krishna, the specially decorated and illuminated ‘Hamsa Vahanam’ (swan-shaped boat) carrying the processional deities moved majestically from the Durga Ghat to the Punnami Ghat.
Amidst recitation of Vedic hymns by the temple priests, the One Town police, in tune with the age-old tradition, brought the processional deities to the riverbank. The deities were brought in a palanquin from the hillock to the Durga Ghat.
