Medaram Jatara Festival:
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Medaram Jatara is also known as Sammakka Saralamma Jatara.
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It is celebrated by the Koya Tribal Community of Telangana for four days.
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It is a tribal festival honouring the fight of a mother and daughter, Sammakka and Saralamma, with the reigning rulers against an unjust law.
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It is celebrated in the state of Telangana.
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The Jatra begins at Medaram in Tadvai Mandal in Warangal district.
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Medaram is a remote place in the Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary, a part of Dandakaranya, the largest surviving forest belt in the region.
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It is celebrated once in two years in the month of “Magha” (February) on the full moon day.
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People offer bangaram/gold (jaggery) of a quantity equal to their weight to the goddesses and take holy bath in Jampanna Vagu, a tributary to River Godavari.
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It was declared a State Festival in 1996.
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It is the second-largest fair of India, after the Kumbh Mela.