Why in news? President Murmu inaugurates Sammakka Saralamma Janjathi Pujari Sammelan at Bhadrachalam

Highlights:

• Sammakka Saralamma Janjathi Pujari Sammelan organised in Bhadrachalam, popularly known as south Ayodhya, in tribal majority Bhadradri Kothagudem district
• She also inaugurated two Eklavya Model Residential Schools in Kumram Bheem Asifabad and Mahabubabad districts in the virtual mode on the occasion.

About Sammakka Saralamma Jatara

• Nature : Festival to honour the Hindu Tribal goddesses Sammakka and Saralamma
• Location : Medaram in Mulugu district ,Telangana
• Observed : Koya tribes
• Medaram is a remote place in the Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary, a part of Dandakaranya, the largest surviving forest belt in the Deccan.
• Period : Biannually
• Jampanna Vagu : Originally known as “Sampangi Vagu” is a tributary to the river Godavari, taking holy dip in the water of Jampanna Vagu honours and reminds them of the sacrifice of their gods