The Aadi Krithika festival on Saturday has brought in festive mood in several parts of Chittoor district, close to the Tamil Nadu border.The Aadi Krithika festival on Saturday has brought in festive mood in several parts of Chittoor district, close to the Tamil Nadu border.
The festival occurs in the month of Aadi (as per the Tamil almanac) and is an important occasion at all the temples of Lord Subramanya Swamy.
Over one lakh devotees from Chittoor district left for Tiruttani in Tamil Nadu carrying Kavadi (a semicircular wooden with offerings to the Lord tied at both ends) on their shoulders and trekking the 365 steps of the hillock there.