‘Sirimaanu’, the ceremonial pole for the annual ‘Sirimaanotsavam’ of Sri Pydithalli Ammavaru, which is scheduled to be held on October 18, was identified in an orchard belonging to Vallipalli Venkataramana and Vallipalli Adinarayana by the temple chief priest Tallapudi Bhaskar Rao at Dharmapuri village in Vizianagaram mandal, said P.V.A.V.S. Bhanu Raja, Assistant Commissioner (Endowments) and Executive Officer of the temple, at a press conference on Sunday.
He said that the 60-foot-long ‘chinta maanu’ (tamarind tree) would be felled after performing ‘puja’.