Family members of Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav today offered bonalu at the Ujjaini Mahankali Temple as part of the jathara celebrations in Secunderabad, in the early hours.
They offered the bonalu and prayers from outside.
The temple priests blessed them.
No other people are allowed to attend the festivities at the temple this year except the temple officials.
After praying the presiding deity, the minister said that due to the coronavirus pandemic the Ujjaini Mahankali bonalu festivities were needing to be celebrated without any people this year.
He said that the bonalu at Lal Darwaza in the Old City too would be conducted in the same manner, next week.
There would be no public participation in any of the bonalu festivities due to the coronavirus effect, he said.
He said that he had never expected a situation like this in his life time, and thanked the people for their cooperation and understanding.