Amaravati farmers offer prayers at Goddess Kanaka Durga temple in Vijayawada  

The farmers and farm workers from 29 villages embark on a padayatra from Thullur in the early hours, carrying ‘pongal’ on their heads and a portrait of the Goddess in their hands, and worship at Indrakeeladri; they have taken a vow to do so if the TDP-BJP-JSP alliance comes to power as it has pledged its support to Amaravati as sole capital of State