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Managudi to be held from November 20–23
The Managudi religious event in connection with Karthika Pournami will be organised in Telugu states from November 20 to 23 in a big way, said Tirupati JEO P Bhaskar
Tirupati: The Managudi religious event in connection with Karthika Pournami will be organised in Telugu states from November 20 to 23 in a big way, said Tirupati JEO P Bhaskar. The preparation of Akshata (holy rice) for the mega religious event commenced on Saturday at SVETA building in Tirupati. Speaking on this occasion, the JEO said, Managudi is a programme aimed at bringing back the past glory to the neglected ancient temples and also to bring awareness among the youth about the importance of the templesand dharmic activities," he said.
He said that the mass religious event was introduced in TTD in 2012 in cooperation with AP Endowments department. The festival is conducted twice in a year, during Sravana Pournami and KarthikaPournami in AP and Telengana. This year this fete will be observed in the auspicious month of Karthika from November 20 to 23. On the first day, Mangala KaisikaDwadasi will be observed in five selected centres in each district of Telugu states. Mala Dasari community is the one which took the divine task of propagating the importance of temples and worship in rural areas since ages through devotional sankeertans," he added.
The JEO further said,on November 21, Aalaya Sobha will be observed where in the selected temples in each district will be cleansed involving local devotees and Karthika Deepotsavam and Managudi will be observed on November 22 and 23 respectively, he stated. Earlier, JEO Released wall poster for Managudiprogramme. Meanwhile SrivariSeva volunteers, Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad staff prepared the holy akshatas. HDPP secretary Ramana Prasad and others were also present.
