Amid tight police security, Sammakka, the presiding deity of the Medaram tribal shrine, was ceremoniously brought to the Gadde (sacred platform) by the Koya priests led by the chief priest Siddaboina Jagga Rao on Thursday night.
Despite the police cordoning off the Chilakalagutta hillock, abode of Sammakka during the normal days, a large number of devotees gathered to witness the procession, marking the main event of the four-day biennial Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara.
