Telangana Chief Minister and TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao commenced his 5-day Sahasra Chandi Yagam at his farmhouse in Erravalli village of Gajwal in Telangana on Monday, 21 January 2019.
Around 300 Ritviks will recite Durga Saptasati 1,000 times and perform Yagam in five days. The Yagam will be concluded on January 25. The wish of Chandrasekhar Rao is to get timely and bountiful rains in the state and see the welfare of the people of the state, especially the farmers.
KCR also prayed the goddess to remove the obstacles in completing the flagship programmes of the TRS government. The Yagam will be performed under the guidance of Sarada Peetham Peetadhipathi Swaroopanandendra Saraswathi of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
According to Priests, this Yagam is called ‘Maharudra Sahitha Sahasra Chandi Yagam’. It also includes Rajashyamala Yagam and Bagalamukhi Yagam.