Key Highlights
- | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The annual fair will begin on January 12.
- On January 14, the god Mailaralingeshwar idol will be taken in a palanquin for a holy dip in the lake that is located near the temple.
- The Revenue Department has taken action to clean the temple premises, and also put a fresh coat of paint.
- As per the age-old tradition, on January 14, priests of the temple will break the chain tied to a pole opposite the temple while devotees pour yellow colour powder (bhandar) shouting ‘Elu Koti Elu Kotige’ The district administration issued an order prohibiting devotees from hurling live goat and sheep on the moving palanquin.
- Earlier, devotees would hurl live goats and sheep believing that they were paying one animal back to God with a prayer to save the rest.
