Festive spirit grips Kaleshwaram on the eve of Saraswati Pushkaralu

An aerial presumption of Sri Kaleshwara Sri Mukteshwara Swamy temple decked up for the 12-day Saraswati Pushkaralu opening connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS

Festive tone pervaded Kaleshwaram, the abode of Sri Kaleshwara Sri Mukteshwara Swamy temple, successful Telangana’s Jayashankar Bhupalpally territory arsenic the temple municipality has been spruced up for the 12-day Saraswati Pushkaralu-2025 scheduled to statesman connected Thursday (May 15, 2025).

The once-in-12 years mega spiritual fete is dedicated to worshipping the subterranean Saraswati stream which converges with the Godavari and the Pranahita astatine the confluence constituent called ‘Triveni Sangamam’ successful Kaleshwaram, a municipality bordering Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district.

The full temple municipality has been decked up befitting the juncture with a structure metropolis coming up on the sprawling bathing ghats successful the historical pilgrimage centre.

The 12-day lawsuit volition witnesser ‘Nadi Harathi’ by pandits of the celebrated Kashi Vishwanath temple successful Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh and a big of devotional programmes, the temple sources said.

A roadworthy has been laid betwixt the VIP bathing ghat and the Godavari ghat. Showers person been installed astatine the bathing ghats connected the banks of the Godavari. Around 50 peculiar officers person been appointed to oversee the sanitation measures during the 12-day event.

Dozens of ace swimmers and accepted boats person been deployed on the stream people successful the temple municipality to guarantee information of the pilgrims.

Around 3,500 constabulary unit person been drafted for bandobust work and arsenic galore arsenic 200 CCTV cameras person been installed successful the temple town. Arrangements person been enactment successful spot for drone-aided surveillance connected the temple municipality arsenic a information precaution. NDRF, SDRF and Singareni rescue teams person been stationed successful the temple town.

The 12-day lawsuit volition beryllium inaugurated by IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu connected Thursday morning. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is scheduled to unveil the statue of Goddess Saraswati, and instrumentality beatified bath successful the stream and connection prayers astatine the historical temple successful Kaleshwaram astatine 5 p.m. connected Thursday.

The territory constabulary officials person made choky information arrangements successful coordination with their counterparts successful Gadchiroli territory of Maharashtra to guarantee hassle escaped vehicular question connected each roads, including the Sironcha inter-State bridge, starring to Kaleshwaram.

Published - May 14, 2025 08:19 p.m. IST