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Sammakka Saralamma Jatara
February 26 , 2024
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- Every two years, millions of worshippers gather from across India to celebrate the grand Sammakka Saralamma Jatara festival in Medarm, Mulugu District of Telangana.
- It lasts for four days and is the India's largest tribal festival.
- Approximately 15 million tribal attendees from states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, and West Bengal.
- The tribal fair honors Sammakka and her daughter Saralamma, revered as deities, on the full-moon day of Magha.
- They are remembered for fighting the Kakatiya dynasty's oppression and defending their tribal community and culture by sacrificing their own lives.
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