Mini jatara begins in Medaram

Mulugu: The four-day mini Sammakka-Saralamma jatara began in Medaram on Wednesday. The mini jatara is a biennal affair which begins on Magha Suddha Pournami. Although, the tribal priests perform the puja, dieties _ Sammakka and Saralamma _ will not be brought to the altars.
On Wednesday, priests belonging to the Siddaboina and Kaka clans started the rituals by cleaning the temples of Sammakka in Medaram and Saralamma in Kanneboinapalli respectively.
Siddaboina Jagga Rao, Muninder, Arun Kumar, Vasantha Raju, Laxmi, Dasaratham and Swamy cleaned the Sammaka temple while Kaka Saraiah, Bujanga Rao, Kiran Kumar and Laxmi Bai performed the rituals at the Saralamma temple.
Both the temples were decked up with mango leaves and dhwaja stambams were erected. The priests offered country roosters to the dieties. The women enthusiastically participated in the jatara by decorating their homes.