HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday inspected the arrangements for the Ayuta Chandi Maha Yagam to be performed at Erravalli from Dec 23 to 27.
Rao went around the area and supervised the arrangements in progress on a 40- acre land at his farm house.
Arrangements are being made for 101 Homa Gundams and Chaturveda Yaga Salalu. Separate arrangements will be made for Raja Syamala Yagam, Maha Rudra Yagam, Ayuta Chandi Maha Yagam. A separate enclosure is made for women to perform Kumkuma archana. A dais is being set up for spiritual persons to deliver discourses.
The main Yagam will be conducted daily from 7 am to 12 noon and again from 3.45 pm to 7 pm from December 23 to 27.
The entire Yagam will be supervised by six main Ritviks coming from Sringeri Peetham. Besides these six main Ritviks, around 2,000 Ritviks from different parts of the country will also perform the Yagam and they will stay at the YagaStali for five days.
Separate barricades will be put up for the visitors to go round the Homa Gundams and see the Yagam. Three cottages for VVIPs and three cottages for VIPs are constructed.
Two big temporary shelters are made for the Ritviks to stay overnight. Besides, separate halls are being constructed for the peoples’ representatives, officials and other important persons. A separate media point is also set up.
Around 50,000 people will be provided lunch at the Yagam site everyday. Five helipads are constructed for the VVIPs and VIPs. Parking arrangements are made for 15,000 vehicles near the Yagam site and big screens are arranged to watch the Yagam live on closed circuit TVs.
As VIPs are attending the Yagam, CCTV cameras are installed to keep a tab on the entire Yagam site.
President Pranab Mukherjee, governors of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Telangana, AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, judges of Supreme Court and Chief Justice of High Court and several other VIPs will attend the Yagam.