Bathini Harinath Goud told a Press Conference, 16 May 04:
* Preparations are being made to accommodate Seven Lakh Patients, arriving in the City, for the Fish Medicine on 8 June 04 from 3:30 AM Onwards at Nampally Exhibition Grounds
* Outstation People would be given Accommodation from 7 to 9 June 04
* Meals, Drinking Water and Other Facilities will be Arranged by many organisations from all over the Country, like Patna City samithi, Punjabi Samithi, Rajasthani Nayak Samithi and Haryana Nagrik Sangh and the City-Based Uttar Bharati Sangh (UBS)
* "Last Year about 200 - 250 Patients from Germany, Japan, Australia and France, took the Medicine", says UBS
* The Medicine is administered Free of Cost ... although it costs about Rs 4 to 5 Lakh per Lakh of Patients ... About 3 Quintal of Medicine is expected tob dispensed on the day of Mrigasira Karthe.
* The Bathini Brothers have been administering the Fish Medicine for the last 146 Years
(Courtesy: "City Express", p1, of The New Ind Expr,dt 17 May 04)
#I was returning to Hyderabad by the AP Express in the First Week of June , a few Years ago ... Memorable for the Standing Travel in the Unreserved Coach ... Managing to Squat after a Couple of Hours and Remaining Unmoved for the Next 24 Hours (Rigor Mortis almost set in) ... No feeding, no output ... With Each Halt, Hundreds of Passengers Piled into the Train ... People from UP, Bihar, MP and Nagpur, ALL Kept Pouring in to go to Hyderabad ... For the Rest of the World, Hyderabad seemed to be the Focus ... Lakhs of People Swarmed to Hyderabad in Train Loads, Bus Fulls and Full flights from All Over the World.
# Personal Travel Please Avoid around 8 June. However, if Travel You Must, Plan Well!
Congratulations to the Bathini Brothers for Making Hyderabad the "Capital of the World" those Few Days In June Every Year. Grateful Thanks to Their Family, the Voluntary Organisations and the Government Departments, Who Help Manage Every Year this Global Event of Our Hyderabad!
