Paper I · 14 Society, Culture, Heritage, Arts & Literature of Telangana · 14.3 Festivals and jataras

14.3.2 Jataras and fairs: Medaram Sammakka–Saralamma, Nagoba, Komuravelli, Edupayala and others

A jatara is a temple or shrine fair tied to a fixed lunar date; Telangana's greatest is the biennial Koya festival of Sammakka–Saralamma at Medaram (Mulugu), followed by the Gond Nagoba jatara at Keslapur (Adilabad), the Yadav Peddagattu jatara (Suryapet) and the Mallanna jataras of Komuravelli and Inavolu.

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Key terms

  • jatara
  • Medaram
  • Sammakka
  • Saralamma
  • Sarakka
  • Koya
  • Pagididda Raju
  • Jampanna Vagu
  • Chilakalagutta
  • Kannepalli
  • bangaram
  • gaddelu
  • Tadvai
  • Mulugu
  • State festival 1996
  • national festival demand
  • Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University
  • Nagoba
  • Keslapur
  • Indravelli
  • Mesram
  • Raj Gond
  • Bheting
  • Gond Darbar
  • Haimendorf
  • Peddagattu
  • Lingamanthula Swamy
  • Durajpally
  • Komuravelli Mallanna
  • Oggu
  • Patnam
  • Inavolu
  • Edupayala
  • Manjira
  • Vana Durga Bhavani
  • Kondagattu
  • Kurumurthy
  • Saleswaram
  • Kothakonda
  • Numaish

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