60k visit Arasavilli on Ratha Saptami

THOUSANDS of devotees visited the Sri Suryanarayana Swamy temple at Arasavilli on Tuesday and had the Nijarupa Darshan on the occasion of Ratha Saptami.

- SREENU BABU PATIVADA @Srikakulam

Nearly 60,000 devotees from various parts of the Telugu States, as well as neighbouring Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal, had the divine darshan between 1 am and 7 pm on Tuesday.

Principal Secretary of Endowments (Revenue) V Vinay Chand launched the celebrations by presenting silk robes to the Sun God on behalf of the State government. This was followed by milk anointing, Dwadasa Harati, and Maha Nivedhana to Sri Suryanarayana Swamy. Later, the temple officials allowed devotees to have the Nijarupa Darshan.