Religious Activies to be Performed During Krishna Pushkaralu

Pilgrims perform a variety of Religious Activities and Rituals during their Krishna Pushkaram 2016 visit.

Religious Activites :

1.     A holy dip in the river waters

2.     Prayers and offerings to the departed souls

3.     Performing rituals to the river goddess

4.  Performing ten Danams (Dasa Danam) in memory of the elders.

5.     Charity to the poor through Annadanam etc.

6.     Visiting temples and offering prayers

7.     Attend spiritual and devotional activities.

Rituals to be performed :

Here is a list of rituals generally performed at Krishna Pushkaram Ghats.

1.     Maha Sankalpam or Laghu Sankalpam

2.     River Krishna Pooja, Astotharam, Sariganga Snanam

3.     Pinda Pradanam or Thirdavidulu

4.     Swayampakam or Potharlu

5.     Moosivayanam

6.     Prayaschittam

7.     Danams: Tiladanam, Lavanadanam or Salagramadan

Krishna Pushakara Ghats in Andhra Pradesh

The Krishna Pushkaralu is a festival, which occurs for once in 12 years government Andhra Pradesh are planning heavy preparation for construction of pushkara ghats and promissing better and good connectivity for devotees during the pushkaram, so as to reduce the rush pilgrims.  

Ghats in Vijayawada  

Padmavati Ghat

Address : Padmavathi Ghat, PNBS, Vijayawada 

Durga Ghat

Address :  Durga Ghat, Foot over Bridge, Staircase, Vijayawada 

Pushkara Ghat 

Address :  VMC Office,PNBS 

Metela Bazar 

Address : Bandar Locks 

Sithanagarm  Ghat

Address : PNBS, Sithanagaram 

Punnami Ghat

Address:  Hotel Punnami, Kummaripalem centre 

Siva Ksheatram 

Address :Mandadam Center 

Ghats in Kurnool District

 Patala Ganga 

Address : Near Srisailam Mallikarjuna Temple 

Sangamesswaram  

Address :  Atmakur mandal,Kurnool

Ghats in Guntur District

Dhyana Buddha Ghat  

Address :  Dhyana Buddha Ghat, Amaravati, AP 

Important Temples to visit 

Kanaka Durga Temple

 Indrakeeladri Hill, Vijayawada, Krishna District

Sri Venu Gopalaswamy  Temple

Hamsala Deevi village, Koduru Mandal, Krishna District 

 Sri Prudhweswara Swamy Temple

 Nadakuduru Village, Challapalli Mandal, Krishina District

Mopidevi Subrahmanyeswara Swamy Temple

Mopidevi Village, Krishna District

Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple

Srisailam Mandal , Srisailam, Kurnool Disrict

Amaralingeswara Swamy Temple

Amaravati, Guntur District 

Krishna Pushkaram Ghats in Telangana

Several ghats have been developed in Telangana region on the banks of Krishna River for the devotees to take a holy dip and perform rituals for ancestors Immerse in the holy waters of river Krishna.

• The ghats would come up at Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar districts along the banks of Krishna river.
• Mahaboobnagar District Krishna Pushkaralu places are: Jurala, Beechupalli, Rangapur, Alampur, Nadi Agraharam, Chintarevula, Nandimalla (Narayanpet), Krishna, Pasupula and Panchadev Padu (Maktal), Chellepad (Weepanagandla), Jataprole (Weepanagandla), Somasila (Kollapur), Malleswaram, Manchalakatta and Lingala.
• In Nalgonda District Krishna Pushkaralu places are: Nagarjunasagar, Wadapally in Damaracharla mandal, Mattapally and , apart from 5 places of Mellacheruvu mandal, Utlapally in Peddavura mandal, Adavidevulapally in Damaracharla, Mahankaligudem in Nereducharla are locations.

Special Trains For Krishna Pushkaralu 2016

The South Central Railway wished to provide special trains for river Krishna festival in Telangana and also at Andhra Pradesh. The Train details along with booking system will be announce soon.

TSRTC Special Buses for Pushakaralu

Usually, The Telangana Transport department planned to run special buses for Krishna Pushkaram 2016, The Fare charges and booking system will be annouce soon.