Hyderabad: People in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana celebrating the birthday of Lord Sri Rama on Sunday 10^th April at 11:00am onwards. The devotees of Lord Sri Rama to celebrate the Birthday as Sri Rama Navami as per the Telugu calendar in the month of Chaitra Shudda Navami.

Sri Rama Navami celebrations will performed in the famous lord Balaji temple at Tirumala and all Vaishnovate temples. This celebrations performing in a large scale at Ayodhya, which is believed to be the birth place of Lord Sri Rama in UP, the Rama Janma Bhoomi trust will performing all traditions and poojas.

In AP and Telangana, ancient temples of Ontimitta Kodanda Ramalayam in Kadapa District and Bhadrachala Sri Rama Chandra temple at Bhadrachalam Kotthagudem District is well decorated up for the celestial wedding of Lord Rama and Sita Devi on Sunday. The next day will celebrates pattabhishekam.

The Bhadradri-Kothagudem district administration and temple authorities expect over 2 lakhs devotees from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and other parts of the country for the celestial wedding and have made arrangements accordingly. The temple town looks clean with welcome boards put up right from the entrance of the town all the way to the temple.

The wedding venue Midhila Stadium has been decorated with flowers, mango leaves and banana leaves as per tradition. The Kalyana Mandapam and main temple have been tastefully illuminated.  In fact, the devotees have started reaching the temple town right from Saturday morning.

Ramalayam officials have prepared about 2 lakh laddu prasadam and 170 quintals of thalambraalu. As many as 30 counters have been set up to sell the laddu prasadam and 30 counters for distribution of thalambraalu.

Covid-19 had resulted in restrictions on the number of devotees for the Kalyanam, but with the pandemic abating, the government has decided to conduct the event in the open and on a grand scale. The temple management has allocated two crore for the arrangements this year.  Temple officials have arranged drinking water, buttermilk and air coolers in the Kalyana Mandapam. Special LED TVs have been set up at vantage points.

As per tradition followed since the Nizam rule, mutyala talambralu and pattu vastralu have been brought by the Chief Minister, but this has not been followed since 2016.

Till now, temple officials have received confirmation about the participation of Endowments Minister A Indrakaran Reddy, Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod and Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar for the kalyanam. Governor Tamilisai’s visit has been confirmed. She will take part in the pattabhishekam on April 11.