Endowments Department Regional Joint Commissioner S.S. Chandrasekhara Azad said the government had issued a G.O. on Sobha Yatra.
He added that district authorities had been directed to constitute committees for overseeing the transport of ‘Pushkara Jalam in Kavallu’ (Godavari sacred water in decorated vessels) from Rajahmundry. The committee members will start from all districts on July 12 and reach Dwaraka Tirumala in West Godavari by evening. On July 13, they will take the ‘Pushkara Deeksha’ and take up a 72-km ‘Pada Yatra’ to Rajahmundry via Nallajarla, Devarapalli and Kovvuru Pushkara Nagar and reach Kotilingala Ghat on July 16 morning.
All members will take the sacred water in “Kavallu” and back to their districts on the same evening in buses. The water will be mixed in all tanks, reservoirs in mandals and villages.
Scholars differ on dates
Scholars differed on dates of observing Godavari Pushkarams. Maha Mahopadhyaya Award winner and astrologer Madhura Krishnamurthy Sastry said Godavari Pushkarams should be observed from Sunday (June 28).
He along with his sons and a few disciples had Pushkara Snanam (holy dip) on that day. According to Mr. Butte Veerabhadra Daivagna Sidhanthi, “Aasthana Sidhanthi” of Srisailam Devasthanam, Pushkarams should be observed from July 7.
However, all the Swamijis of different mutts from all over the India and others said Pushkarams should be observed from July 14.
