The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 2.26 Crores for Medaram Jatara 2022 Festival in .
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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 2.26 Crores for Medaram Jatara 2022 Festival in Telangana.
In 2022, the festival is being held from 16 February to 19, 2022. Medaram Jatara is the second-largest fair in India, after the Kumbh Mela.
Medaram Jatara is conducted in honor of the Goddesses Sammakka and Saralamma. It had been declared a State Festival in 1998.
The four-day tribal festival is widely known once in two years within the month of “Magha” (February) on the whole moon day, in Medaram Village of Mulugu district in Telangana.
The festival is organized by the second-largest Tribal Community of Telangana, the Koya tribe, and the Tribal Welfare Department, the Government of Telangana.