Devotees returning from darshan at the Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Vari Devasthanam temple in Annavaram, Kakinada district. | Photo credit: File photo
Thousands of devotees attended the Giri Pradakshina marking of Karthika Pournami at Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Vari Devasthanam campus in Annavaram in Kakinada district on Wednesday.
The idols of Sri Veer Venkat Sathyanarayan Swamy are carried out in two sessions – the first one saw the idols taken on a stretcher, eight kilometers around the Annavaram hill across the Pampu river and ended in the afternoon. Later in a similar procession, the idols were taken away in a chariot. Devotees walked along with the deities in both processions.
In an official statement, Kakinada Superintendent of Police G. Bindu Madhav said that the Giri Pradakshina was completed peacefully.
Published – 05 Nov 2025 20:34 IST
