Gangamma Jatara Explained

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.

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  1. News: All set for Gangamma Jatara today . 12 May 2009 . The Times of India . 22 May 2019 .
  2. News: Tirupathi Jathara: Licence to abuse. The Hindu. 11 May 2013. Rangarajan. A. D..
  3. https://archive.today/20130628235402/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130529/news-current-affairs/article/over-fishing-threat