Amid strict security, over two lakh devotees participated in the annual Ganga Jatara celebrations here on Wednesday and offered pujas to Goddess Gangamma Thalli at the famous Bazaar street pandal.
It is interesting to note that except for the clay idols that are sculpted and later immersed on the second day of the two-day jatara, there are no temples dedicated to the Goddess.
Marking the three-centuries-old festival that received patronage from British and Arcot Nawabs, the Shakti temples at Obanapalle, Santhapeta, Doddipalle, Murakambattu, Greamspet, and Kongareddy Palle localities in and around Chittoor Municipal Corporation witnessed frenzied moments with performance of a series of rituals and cultural activities.
