‘Poleramma Jatara’, the annual folk festival of the local goddess in Venkatagiri town, came to a grand close on Thursday with celebrations hitting the sky.
The goddess is considered so powerful that she is often referred to as ‘Venkatagiri Grama Shakti’. The festival draws huge crowds from the entire Rayalaseema and bordering districts of Tamil Nadu. Of the five days of the festival, the crucial phase comes on the fourth and fifth days, when a huge replica of the goddess is made with clay and taken in a procession from Kummari Street to Jinigilavari Street, considered as her migration from her parental home to in-laws’ place.
