Sankranti Utsav: Sankranti Utsav is not celebrated in that village.. You will be surprised to know the reason!
Sankranti is a huge festival in Andhra Pradesh. This festival is celebrated grandly and grandly in every village. All the people settled in other states and abroad come to Sontur for professional jobs. In rural areas, the atmosphere is buzzing with colorful Mughals, Gobbemmas, Gangireddas, bonfires, cock fights and Haridas Kirtans. But… a village is not celebrating the festival of Sankranti.
The most..
Sankranti is celebrated in every village of the state. But…there is no real festive atmosphere in P.Kottapalli village of Anantapur district. The people of this village look more normal than usual. It is at P.Kottapalli village on the way from Atmakuru to Kalyanadurgam. About 300 families live here.
Go to Santa..
The festival of Sankranti has not been celebrated in this village for many years. The villagers of P. Kottapalli give a reason for this. Many years ago he used to celebrate the festival of Sankranti in P. Kottapalli village also. Once a person went to Atmakuru Santa to get the items for Sankranti festival. He fell there and died. Everyone considered this incident as a normal incident.
Three more..
The next day, three other people who visited Santa also died. Due to this fear spread among the villagers. After that, people who went to the festival continuously did not return alive. Due to this they started fearing Sankranti. Since then, he feared that something bad would happen to his villagers if they celebrated Sankranti. Since then the village elders decided not to celebrate the festival of Sankranti in their village.
Generations change..
Many generations have changed. However.. the villagers of P. Kottapalli are still following the decision taken by their village elders. They follow the orders given by their ancestors. Therefore, the villagers say that they will not clean their houses and roads for three days of Sankranti festival. They don’t even set up a troika in front of the house. Don’t cook. It is said that at least he does not take bath.
