Lakhs of women in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh performed the Varalakshmi Vratham with devotion today.
Many women faithful visited Ammavaru (the Mother Goddess) temples and performed the vratham on this Sravana Shukravaram (a Friday of the Sravana month), and several others performed it at their homes.
Due to all the women devotees thronging them, most Ammavaru temples resembled festive hubs. At Vijayawada, goddess Kanaka Durga on the Indrakilaadri mountain was propitiated as Mahalakshmi. At Tiruchanoor, Padmavathi Ammavaru was decorated with flowers and thoranalu in a special manner for the Saamoohika Varalakshmi Vratham, and TTD Chairman Chadalavada Krishnamurthy, EO Sambasiva Rao, Justice Meena Kumari and others participated in the pooja.
In Hyderabad, Governor E S L Narasimhan and his wife visited the TTD Kalyana Mandapam (Balaji Bhavan) at Himayathnagar and performed special pooja.