The preparatory rituals for the famous Nagoba Jatara of the Gond tribe in Adilabad district began on Sunday with 110 members of the Mesram clan involved in leading the annual fair, starting a 125-km long journey to fetch holy water from the Godavari inside the forest. Is.
Dressed in their traditional white attire and sporting turbans, the large group left Kesalapur village in Indraveli mandal for Kalamadugu village in Jannaram mandal on the banks of the Godavari. They will walk through five mandals, eighteen villages and twenty-two interior settlements to reach the river on January 10. They will return to Kesalapur on January 12 with water in ships.
On January 17, he will worship the idol of Indradevi at Indraveli and return to Kesalapur. The water brought by them will be used on January 21 to bathe the idol of a giant serpent in the temple, which is the presiding deity in the temple. This would mark the beginning of the Jatara which was expected to be attended by a few lakh Gond devotees. Adilabad and from neighboring Maharashtra.