The ‘Maha Kumbhabhishekam’ began at the Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Devasthanam temple in Srisailam on Friday.
The Mallikarjuna Swamy shrine is one of the 12 jyotirlingas and the shrine of Sri Bhramaramba Devi, among the 18 Shakti Peethams in India. The six-day event is meant to be a consecration ceremony, after the repair and renovation of the various sub-shrines, besides taking up gold-plating of the Vimanam, the canopy atop the sanctum sanctorum.