Vijayawada: Shakambari Utsav starts at Kanaka Durga Temple

VIJAYAWADA: The three-day annual

Shakambari Devi festival

started on Wednesday at

Kanaka Durga Temple

. The Utsav will continue till July 27. The festival is held from

Ashadha Shukla Paksha

Trayodasi to Purnima.


During this festival,

Goddess Kanaka Durga

takes the form of Mother Shakambari and the presiding deity is decorated with vegetables and fruits and worshiped as Shakambari Devi.

On the occasion, the main premises of the temple as well as sanctum sanctorum would be decorated with vegetables and fruits.


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Temple authorities will use 40 tones of vegetables to decorate the temple and the Goddess in three days.

The temple would be opened at 3am and closed at 10pm during the festival. About 3 lakh devotees are expected to visit the temple during the three-day festival.