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P. Sridhar

Explained | Significance of Telangana’s tribal fair Sammakka-Sarakka jatara

One of the biggest tribal festivals of the country, Sammakka Saralakka jatra organised at Medaram village of Mulugu district, Telangana, on February 11, 2020. File (Source: The Hindu)

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Medaram, a tiny village in Telangana’s tribal heartland of Mulugu district, is getting ready to host the Sammakka-Sarakka jatara, billed as the country’s biggest tribal fair, to commemorate a tribal revolt led by Sammakka and Saralamma, a mother-daughter duo, against levy of taxes on tribal people during drought conditions by the then Kakatiya rulers in the 12th century.

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