Medaram (Waragal)Jan 26: Chief Minister K Rosaiah who visited Medaram jatara fulfilled his vows by offering 89 kg of jaggery to the Samakka and Sarakka deities on Tuesday.The CM, who reached here by helicopter a day ahead of his planned schedule offered prayers at the temple.Later, he laid the foundation stone for the bathing ghats at Bupanna Vagu to be built at a cost of Rs 10.8 crore.
He also laid the stone for the safe water drinking scheme for Kannepalli, Puratam and Pudigapalli villages.The Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone for the tribal museum, which is expected to come up in this area.``This is a major tribal festival of this region and about 90 lakh people from the neighbouring Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa throng this festival. I understand, there is a demand from the locals to declare the medaram jatara as a national festival.
In fact, the festival deserves to be declared a national festival. However, it is not within my purview to confer it that status,’’ Rosaiah said.Expressing satisfaction over the arrangements made for the pilgrims by the district administration at Medaram, the Chief Minister said efforts will be made to ensure further improvements are made in the arrangements.