Holiday Name: | Gangamma Jatara or Gangamma Jathra |
Type: | Festival of Goddess |
Observances: | Offering to the Goddess Ganga or Gangamma |
Frequency: | annual |
Duration: | 8 days |
Gangamma Jatara or Jathra is a folk festival celebrated in several places across Southern India; including Karnataka, Rayalaseema, Coastal Andhra and Uttarandhra regions in Andhra Pradesh.[1] It is celebrated for eight days.[2] [3]
It is also celebrated by fishermen before the start of fishing in Andhra region.