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Shravana month begins, devotees flock temples

With the beginning of auspicious Shravana month, special prayers were offered to Goddess Mahalakshmi at several temples in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts on Friday. The Mahalakshmi temple within the Lord Jagannath Swamy temple in Vizianagaram — believed to be one of the oldest temples of the Goddess of wealth — witnessed elaborate arrangements for kumkum puja and other prayers by Jagannath Seva Samithi members Kapuganti Prakash Dadi Bhaskara Rao. At Sri Kanyaka Parameswari temple, a unprecedented rush was witnessed. The presiding deity was adorned in the form of Mahalakshmi. The temple chairman Narayanam Srinivas announced that during the Shravanamasam Utsavalu, the presiding deity would be adorned in a golden sari and a diamond studded crown. The Ishwarya Venkateswara Sametha Ashtalakshmi temple in Ayyannapeta, Vizianagaram and the Ashtalakshmi temple in PN Colony, Srikakulam witnessed a huge rush of women devotees from early hours, marking the beginning of the sacred month with devotion and celebration.