Thousands of makeshift tents have sprung up along the periphery of Medaram with hordes of devotees from far and wide camping along various routes leading to Medaram in Mulugu district, where the four-day Sammakka Saralamma jatara got underway on Wednesday.
As hundreds of TSRTC buses and private vehicles ferried devotees from various parts of the State to Medaram, quite a few arrived in the tribal village by bullock carts and some others in a helicopter using the shuttle services being operated by a private aviation company in association with the Telangana Tourism Department.
