Overview

• Commissioner C. V. Anand and his wife Lalitha Anand flagged off the final Ghattam procession at the 350-year-old Sri Akkana Madanna Temple.
• The procession wove through Gowliguda, Lal Darwaza and Shah Ali Banda before culminating at Nayapul, drawing record turnout from devotees.
• Dedicated SHE Teams and crime units were stationed along the route to curb eve-teasing, pickpocketing and chain-snatching.
• Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Konda Surekha’s active patronage and a ₹20 crore decor fund fueled unprecedented community participation.
• Additional CP Vikram Singh Mann, Joint CP Traffic Joel Davis and a team of DCPs managed logistics and crowd control for the city-wide event.