A little festival of tribal origin in Telangana has become a major pilgrimage in the last eight years. The Medaram Jathara festival is held every two years at in Medaram Village of Tadvai Mandal deep in the heart of the thick forests of Mulugu district.
This Jathara has been declared as State Festival during 1998. This year the Jathara will be held from 16th February to 19th February 2022 (4-days).
The population of the little forest village at Medaram in normal times never exceeds 300. Suddenly, Last year nearly 1 crore pilgrims participated in the Jathara and during this year the expected pilgrims is 1.20 crore devotees come from all over Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring states like Orissa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
