Overview
- Koya priests reinstalled Govinda Raju first at 6 a.m., followed by Pagididda Raju at 9:45 a.m., on the newly built gaddelu.
- The rites featured traditional drumbeats and dances, with priestly families performing pujas for the deities.
- Rural Development Minister Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka), the district collector and the superintendent of police attended alongside tribal representatives.
- Police enforced tight security, barring devotees from the platforms area and suspending darshan for the day to protect the rituals.
- Seethakka said elders and priests were consulted and that aligning the deities in one row will ease pilgrim flow during the upcoming Jatara.